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The Green Mile

The Green Mile

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern...

Blue Remedy

Blue Remedy

A man comes to sit alone at an isolated bus...

12 Mighty Orphans

12 Mighty Orphans

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football...

The Easy Way Out

The Easy Way Out

Set during the height of the Great Depression, a young...

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

From F. Scott Fitzgerald's last work, The Last Tycoon follows...

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in...

The Dark Years

Animated Canadian tales of the Great Depression as told by...

The Eternal Road

The Eternal Road

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck...

Carnivàle

Carnivàle

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United...

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary...

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of...

The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro...

Under the Fold

Under the Fold

As the unemployed Frank is sinking into depression, his son's...

Nick's Thanksgiving Fest

Nick's Thanksgiving Fest

Two segments (“Thanksgiving Nightmare” and “Thanksgiving Dreams”) and several mini...

Lawless

Lawless

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run...

These were the reasons

These were the reasons

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's...

Rambling Rose

Rambling Rose

Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve...

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job...

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to...

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E....

Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's...

The Butterfly Circus

The Butterfly Circus

At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of...

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and...

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's...