Our Daily Bread (1934)
Directed by King Vidor · 80 min · Drama, Romance
21.0 TOPICAL score · #4,415 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Our Daily Bread (1934, directed by King Vidor) has a TOPICAL score of 21.0 - ranked 4,415 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Critics: 79% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (50 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 15 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics79% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (50 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 15 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read1,172 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Karen Morley (actor #1,667), Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards