Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "the-great-depression"

1. Jupiter's Legacy (2021)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The first generation of superheroes has kept the world safe for nearly a century. Now their children must live up to their legacy in an epic drama that spans decades and navigates the dynamics of family, power and loyalty.

Stars: Josh Duhamel, Ben Daniels, Leslie Bibb, Andrew Horton

Votes: 41,056

2. 12 Mighty Orphans (2021)

PG-13 | 118 min | History, Sport

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high-school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.

Director: Ty Roberts | Stars: Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight, Martin Sheen

Votes: 8,741

3. The Colour Room (2021)

112 min | Drama

Clarice Cliff breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace at a pottery factory in 1920s England.

Director: Claire McCarthy | Stars: Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode, Kerry Fox, Darci Shaw

Votes: 1,667

4. Jimmy's Hall (2014)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby

Votes: 6,958 | Gross: $0.56M

5. Hearts of the West (1975)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Western

During the 1930s, Lewis Tate aspires to be the next great American Western writer. When he travels to California, he's recruited by Bert Kessler, a Hollywood unit manager, to star in a series of low-rent Westerns.

Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner

Votes: 1,760

6. The Last Command (1928)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond

Votes: 4,523

7. I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh

Votes: 774

8. Our Daily Bread (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards

Votes: 2,196

9. The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)

Unrated | 25 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

This documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Director: Pare Lorentz | Stars: Thomas Chalmers, Bam White

Votes: 753

10. My Father's House (1975 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up.

Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Preston, Eileen Brennan, Rosemary Forsyth

Votes: 71

11. The Brothers Warner (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.

Director: Cass Warner | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Cass Warner, Bette-Ann Warner, Harry M. Warner

Votes: 674

12. The Dinosaur Hunter (2000 TV Movie)

82 min | Adventure, Drama

A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.

Director: Rick Stevenson | Stars: Wendy Anderson, Russell Badger, Alan Bratt, Joely Collins

Votes: 250

13. The Best Man Wins (1935)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama

A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Jack Holt, Bela Lugosi, Florence Rice

Votes: 84

14. As the Earth Turns (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance

Drama following the lives of an immigrant farm family in Maine.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Russell Hardie, Emily Lowry

Votes: 271

15. Carl Laemmle (2019)

91 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Carl Laemmle is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved over 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany.

Director: James L. Freedman | Stars: Antonia Carlotta, Ahilan Arulanantham, Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich

Votes: 233

16. Looking Forward (1933)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Family

In this Depression-era story set in London, a department-store owner (Lewis Stone) faces bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. A long-standing employee (Lionel Barrymore) gets ... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan

Votes: 307

17. Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, Biography

A rhapsodic drawing of life by the man who scared the life out of music players and audiences.

Director: Stéphane Benhamou | Stars: Polly Bergen, Sally Jane Bruce, Billy Chapin, Edward Dmytryk

Votes: 77

18. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Foundling (1972)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 336

19. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Prize (1973)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

As the Waltons prepare their entries for the local fair, an old suitor of Olivia's visits.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 156

20. The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Without Government, We'll All Go Broke When Our Banks Fail - Plus, Insider Trading and... (2019 Podcast Episode)

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Star: Tom Woods

21. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre Part 1 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978. The man responsible, Jim Jones, has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to ... See full summary »

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Stephan Jones, John R. Hall, John Cobb

Votes: 41

22. The Propaganda Report (2016– )
We're Being Steered Toward Chaos (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley

23. Interview with the Vampire (2022– )
Episode: A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart (2022)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Claudia's activities and curiosities present continued challenges for Louis and Lestat. Her actions light an explosive fuse that erupts at episode's end.

Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Eric Bogosian

Votes: 1,293

24. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Nazi Propaganda

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Behind the Nazi war machine was a well-crafted secret propaganda campaign aimed at Germans and foreigners. From newsreels and newspapers to well choreographed spectacles, Nazi propaganda ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Robert Herzstein, Elke Fröhlich, Howard K. Smith

25. 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

26. 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

27. The Santa Clauses (2022–2023)
Episode: Chapter Five: Across the Yule-Verse (2022)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama, Family

Scott learns the truth about how he came to be Santa.

Director: Katie Locke O'Brien | Stars: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Austin Kane, Elizabeth Allen-Dick

Votes: 619

28. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History (2023)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Monopoly is America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game's creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Mary Pilon, Tristan Donovan, Patrick Jagoda, Ralph Anspach

Votes: 152

29. Great Cars (2003– )
Episode: Dusenberg

Not Rated | Documentary

It's a Dusey. The Dusenberg started from a car racing legacy to produce some of the most expensive and beautiful cars ever made.

Star: Reg Abbiss

30. The Spoils of Babylon (2014)
Episode: The Foundling (2014)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Famed novelist Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) sets the stage for his epic masterpiece of love, lust & greed. Jonas Morehouse (Tim Robbins) digs relentlessly for oil as his daughter (Kristen ... See full summary »

Director: Matt Piedmont | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins, Jessica Alba

Votes: 203

31. The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
Scott Horton and Tom on the Crime of the Century (2023 Podcast Episode)

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Tom Woods and Scott Horton discuss Woods' new book, "Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During Covid Mania." The book is an account of the COVID-19 response, capturing the day-to-day developments and irrationalities.

Stars: Tom Woods, Scott Horton

32. 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.

33. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Rising Road (1933-1939) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 154

34. A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2018)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This edition charts the fortunes of the various residents of the house during the turbulent period from 1891 to 1945 - encompassing two World Wars and the Great Depression.

Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: David Olusoga, Deborah Sugg Ryan

Votes: 14

35. 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

36. Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode: The Story of Fascism in Europe (2018)

TV-G | 56 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Rick visits historical sites with local tour guides to explore the rise and fall of fascism in 20th-century Europe. He traces history after World War I to the rise of leaders who manipulated angry people to build totalitarian societies.

Stars: Rick Steves, Andreas Clemens, Alfio Di Mauro, Francesca Caruso

Votes: 94

37. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode: The New Deal (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Coulson and the agents are thrust backwards in time and stranded in 1931 New York City; with an all-new Zephyr set to time-jump at any moment, the team must hurry to find out exactly what happened.

Director: Kevin Tancharoen | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Elizabeth Henstridge

Votes: 2,237

38. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Episode: Know Your Onions (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

With the identity of the timeline-unraveling "thread" revealed, the team's mission to protect him at all costs leads each agent to question their own values.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Elizabeth Henstridge

Votes: 1,990