The Lost Weekend (1945)

Summary: The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Charles R. Jackson

, Charles Brackett

, Billy Wilder

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), NBC Universal Television Distribution, Universal Pictures, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,250,000

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: March 15, 1940

Genres: Drama, History

Director: John Ford

Writers: Nunnally Johnson

, John Steinbeck

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Key Video, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 800,000

The Miracle Woman (1931)

Summary: After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?

Release Date: July 20, 1931

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Frank Capra