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1. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 100,042 | Gross: $0.06M
2. Haven (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
A U.S. official escorts Holocaust refugees from 1940s war-torn Europe to temporary shelter in America.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Henry Czerny, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 531
3. Amelia (2009)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Votes: 13,626 | Gross: $14.24M
4. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
R | 127 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings
Votes: 43,882 | Gross: $14.36M
5. Annie Live! (2021 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
Directors: Lear Debessonet, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty
Votes: 2,273
6. Why We Fight (1942)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War
The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, Kai-Shek Chiang, Walter Darré
Votes: 2,410
7. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Rosevelt's New Deal, he ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang
Votes: 610
8. Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
PG | 103 min | Documentary
A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Fred Astaire
Votes: 417
9. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 TV Movie)
155 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer, Walter McGinn
Votes: 344
10. The Great Depression (1993– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Joe Morton, Gore Vidal, Ossie Davis, Maya Angelou
Votes: 37
11. Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged (2011)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary
'Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged is a feature length documentary film that examines the resurging interest in Ayn Rand's epic and controversial 1957 novel and the validity of its dire prediction for America.
Director: Chris Mortensen | Stars: John Allison, Clifford Asness, Rajia Baroudi, Mike Berliner
Votes: 495
12. Divisible (2024)
Documentary
A documentary that focuses on the history and current impacts of redlining in the United States, highlighting the specific case of Omaha, Nebraska to illustrate how discriminatory housing policies continually affect people nationwide.
Director: Lizzy Barrett | Stars: Qasim C. Shabazz Asad, Terri Crawford, Gary Fischer, Laura Fisher
Votes: 7
13. Laissez-faire (2015)
80 min | Documentary, History, War
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
Director: Ruggero Arenella | Stars: Stefano Accomo, Giovanni Agnelli, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Salvador Allende
Votes: 14
14. The Great Depression (1998– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Mario Cuomo, Howard Zinn, Erik Barnouw, Orson Welles
Votes: 25
15. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
16. FDR: A Presidency Revealed (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | Documentary
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Marian Anderson, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill
Votes: 63
17. Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony (2008)
91 min | Documentary
'Alaska Far Away' tells the story of the Matanuska Colonization Project of 1935, a creative and controversial New Deal program that relocated 202 families devastated by the Great Depression... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Hill, Joan Juster | Star: Peter Coyote
Votes: 8
18. Work & Happiness: The Human Cost of Welfare (2017)
57 min | Documentary
Compassion fueled the creation of America's welfare system, a safety net that rescues some of the most vulnerable among us. We often hear political leaders and activists tout the system's ... See full summary »
Director: Erin Mae Miller | Stars: Arthur C. Brooks, Robert Doar, Nazerine Griffin Jr., Harriet McDonald
Votes: 12
19. The Rise of the Great Nations (2006)
History
For 500 years, When Zheng He's figure disappeared into the closed country gate, nine world powers gradually moved to the world stage. And one by one staged a different history of rise and fall.
Stars: Zhanshan Sun, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Mahathir Mohamad, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Votes: 62
20. Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line
Documentary
Directors: Jan Haaken, Samantha Praus
21. The Electric Valley (1984)
90 min | Documentary, History
The Tennessee Valley Authority--the TVA--was a project like no other, and after more than a half-century, continues to shape life in the South.
Director: Ross Spears | Stars: Henry Clark, Wilma Dykeman, David Freeman, Albert Gore Sr.
Votes: 9
22. Ellis Island, une histoire du rêve américain (2014 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Michaël Prazan | Stars: Barry Moreno, Nancy Green, Vincent Cannato, Roger Daniels
Votes: 14
23. Was Hessen wünschen (2006 TV Movie)
145 min | Family
Stars: Serap Akcay, Gertrude Almer, Micha Bux, Jürgen Deuser
26. FDR: That Man in the White House (1978 TV Movie)
90 min
A television version of Dore Schary's one-man play about FDR, with its original star.
Director: Gerald Krell | Star: Robert Vaughn
Votes: 40
27. Artists at Work (1982)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Focuses on the visual arts programs of the New Deal, highlighting the impact on the lives and work of American artists. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933 during the ... See full summary »
Director: Mary Lance | Star: Morgan Freeman
Votes: 8
28. The Homes of FDR (1998 Video)
65 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Bobbi Rice | Stars: Blair Brown, Edward Herrmann, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt
29. What Few People Know About the Program That 'Saved' America (2021)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Anton Bogaty | Star: Christina Greer
30. The Amateur Fire Brigade: A Fable of the New Deal (1935)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Ted Eshbaugh
31.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
(1996)
TV-PG | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.
Directors: Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon | Stars: Richard Ben Cramer, William Alland, Thomas Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 1,457
32.
Project Twenty (1954–1970)
Episode:
Life in the Thirties
(1959)
Documentary
Project XX examines American life in the 1930s from the Depression and election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the eve of World War II.
Director: Donald B. Hyatt | Stars: Alexander Scourby, Robert Benchley, Adolf A. Berle, Father Coughlin
Votes: 10
33.
Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003– )
Episode:
The House We Live In
(2003)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Llewellyn M. Smith | Stars: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Bernice Burnett, Eugene Burnett, Dalton Conley
Votes: 12
34.
First Ladies (2020)
Episode:
Eleanor Roosevelt
(2020)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Biography
Eleanor Roosevelt and former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created arguably the most formidable political partnership in American history. Eleanor's desolate childhood sowed the seeds... See full summary »
Director: Katharine English | Stars: Robin Wright, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Sparrow, Allida Black
Votes: 52
35.
The B1M (2015– )
Episode:
The $1.2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild America
(2021)
9 min | Documentary
The trillion dollar bill to improve America's infrastructure has been passed by Congress and signed by the president. It is the biggest investment in America's infrastructure in decades and... See full summary »
Stars: Maria Lehman, Fred Mills
36.
Trail of History (2016– )
Episode:
The CCC and WPA in the Carolinas
(2017)
27 min | History
The Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration and other New Deal programs helped people in the Carolinas during the Great Depression. Local groups continue to be ... See full summary »
Stars: Gary Ritter, Stewart Gray, Mike Baxter, Janet Baxter
37.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Debunked: FDR's New Deal Saved America
(2022 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Ben Shapiro
38.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
(2022)
TV-14 | 129 min | Documentary, History
A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Peter Hayes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 203
39.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
How did America Become a Superpower After WW2?
(2021)
15 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
40.
Unnatural Causes (2008– )
Episode:
In Sickness and in Wealth
(2008)
56 min | Documentary
What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts and skin color? How do social policies and the way we organize work and society affect health? Solutions lie not in more pills but in more equality.
Director: Llewellyn M. Smith | Stars: Sheila Andersen, Warren Buffett, Nicholas Christakis, Sheldon Cohen
Votes: 10
41.
Part of the Problem (2018– )
The State of Everything w/ Auron MacIntyre
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Smith, Auron MacIntyre
42.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
The Legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Germinal G. Van
43.
Part of the Problem (2018– )
Trump's Arraignment
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Smith, Robbie Bernstein
44.
Mafias & Banks (2023)
Episode:
The Age of the Pioneers
(2023)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary
In the relentless quest to conquer new markets, criminal syndicates forced their way into the corridors of power with one intent: to hide their money. In one century, organized crime has left its mark on international business and finance.
Director: Christophe Bouquet | Stars: Gianni Barbacetto, Jack Blum, Christophe Bouquet, Clotilde Champeyrache
Votes: 5
45.
Knowledgia (2019– )
Episode:
The History of Pennsylvania in 13 Minutes
(2024)
13 min | Documentary, Animation, History
A concise history of Pennsylvania beginning with the geological past that lead to its major industries explaining where Pennsylvania fits in American history.
46.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
War, Propaganda and the Enemy Within
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Abby Martin
Votes: 11
47.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
America's Unofficial Religion - The War on an Idea
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Jared Ball, Brian Becker, Abby Martin
Votes: 15
48.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Death of Electoral Politics
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Ralph Nader
49.
Utopia: In Search of the Dream (2017)
Episode:
Build It and They Will Come
(2017)
59 min | Documentary
Utopia has been imagined in many different ways, but when people try to build it they very often fail. Can utopian visions reconcile the tension between the individual and the group? Rules and freedom?
Director: Russell Barnes | Star: Richard Clay
Votes: 6
50.
The Presidents (2005)
Episode:
Wilson to F. Roosevelt (1913-1945)
(2005)
Documentary, Biography, History
About US Presidents 28) Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), 29) Warren G. Harding (1921-1923), 30) Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929), 31) Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) and 32) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945).
Stars: Edward Herrmann, H.W. Brands, Alan Brinkley, Douglas Brinkley
Votes: 5