TEN GOOD FILMS

SET DURING

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

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The Great Depression and Movies. The following are ten films set during that time frame that are good movies. Listed by year released.

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It Happened One Night (1934)

{A big Oscar winner with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert}

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

{Henry Fonda has never been better than as Tom Joad}

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

{not as well known as it should be -- terrific movie}

Bonnie & Clyde (1967)

{Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are sensational as the outlaw lovers ... oh, yeah, there's this new guy named Gene Hackman who plays Clyde's older brother Buck}

The Sting (1973)

{Newman and Redford and a very cool con game}

Chinatown (1974)

{the millionaire played by John Huston would feel right at home with the Wall Street and Bank execs of today}

Hard Times (1975)

{Charles Bronson could act once upon a time ... he and James Coburn play well off each other}

Victoria/Victoria (1982)

{fun movie with Robert Preston stealing the show}

The Green Mile (1999)

{Stephen King, Tom Hanks, and a Southern prison during the Depression}

Seabiscuit (2003)

{a good story about the famed racehorse}