Based on John Steinbeck’s novel of Oklahoma farmers moving to California during the Great Depression.

A bit too Hollywood, but this film gives a good look at the career of James Braddock and the Great Depression.

An almost-entirely fictionalized account of Elliot Ness and his quest to bring down Al Capone.

We use these fictional stories to highlight Hollywood’s transition from the Silent Era to Talkies. The Jazz Singer (1927) comes up as well.

Martin Scorsese’s telling of the real-life murders in the Osage communities of 1920s Oklahoma.