Keyword: great depression

The Waltons

7.8

1972

TV

HD

The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.

Carnivàle

8.5

2003

TV

HD

During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.

The Last Tycoon

7.6

2017

TV

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Centers on Hollywoods first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s, Monroe Stahr, and the power struggle between him, his mentor, and current head of the studio, Pat Brady.

The Dust Bowl

8.2

2012

TV

HD

A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.

The Green Mile

8.6

1999

Movie

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The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

It's a Wonderful Life

8.6

1946

Movie

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An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

King Kong

7.7

2005

Movie

HD

A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

Lawless

7.5

2012

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HD

Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.

The Wind Rises

8.3

2013

Movie

HD

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

Modern Times

8.5

1936

Movie

HD

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Road to Perdition

8

2002

Movie

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A mob enforcers son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.

The Legend of Bagger Vance

5.8

2000

Movie

HD

A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.

The Grapes of Wrath

8.1

1940

Movie

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An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Paper Moon

8.2

1973

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During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

King Kong

7.5

1933

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A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.

Of Mice and Men

7.5

1992

Movie

HD

A nomadic farm worker looks after his dimwitted, gentle-giant friend during the Great Depression.