Germinal (1993)

Summary: In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.

Release Date: March 31, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Claude Berri

Writers: Émile Zola

, Claude Berri

, Arlette Langmann

Runtime: 2 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma, DD Productions, Canal+, Sofiarp, Investimage 2, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Groupe Pinault, Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale, Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie, Eurimages, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, Guild Film Distribution, Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: France, Belgium, Italy

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 164,000,000

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 01, 1940

Genres: Drama, History

Director: John Ford