Poverty Movies
- 1977
Morte e Vida Severina
Morte e Vida Severina5.71977HD
The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads...
- 1981
Oh The Cruel World
Oh The Cruel World51981HD
Ratna is married off into a rich family and leads a happy existence with her husband. But the doings of a relative and her husband's tragic death...
- 1953
Come Back, Sebastiana
Come Back, Sebastiana51953HD
The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her...
- 1958
The Money
The Money6.2861958HD
The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam...
- 2011
Fists of Pride
Fists of Pride02011HD
Fists of Pride follows Little Tiger and his fellow fighters as their Thai coaches prepare them for the annual Water Festival competition. In a boxing...
- 2019
The Slums
The Slums92019HD
The Slums is a 2019 comedy mockumentary film about an urban poor family terrorized by a documentary crew that promised to help them.
- 2008
Manjha
Manjha72008HD
Ranka is a street orphan, all of ten years old. He makes manjha used in kite flying for a living, and he has to take care of his three-year-old...
- 2024
Children in Crisis: The Story of CHIP
Children in Crisis: The Story of CHIP02024HD
In the midst of a catastrophic steel industry collapse, a remarkable grassroots community effort leads to a national healthcare program that helps...
- 2000
I Want to Be
I Want to Be7.32000HD
The short drama film follows the daily life of the Juan and Jorge, two brothers living on the streets of Mexico City. It won an Academy Award in 2001...
- 1971
The Shadow of a City
The Shadow of a City01971HD
The degenerate alcoholics, the men and women of the beaches, themselves speak openly about their lives and problems. Through their stories, a picture...
- 2009
Invisible City
Invisible City02009HD
A documentary on young black children living in Toronto public housing.
- 2022
The Back Window
The Back Window02022HD
- 2019
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope02019HD
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing...
- 2005
Home
Home02005HD
On a gang-controlled dead end street, Sheree Farmer is raising her six children alone. With the help of Mary Abernathy, a former fashion industry...
- 2022
Vote
Vote02022HD
A woman struggles as she is caught at a supermarket for shoplifting. This award-winning short film is inspired by the cost of living crisis in...
- 2009
Agrarian Utopia
Agrarian Utopia6.42009HD
Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming...
- 2018
What Comes Around
What Comes Around02018HD
In Rod El Farag, one of the poorest residential areas in Cairo, obtaining meat, fruit and daily bread is a constant struggle. But the sense of...
- 1999
Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät
Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät01999HD
Documentary film about four families in Pori, Finland, all struggling with unemployment and poverty.
- 2015
Out of My Hand
Out of My Hand72015HD
‘What do you want?’ asks the trade union leader, to which the men respond as if with one voice: change! Life is hard work on...
- 1910
The Beggar's Christmas
The Beggar's Christmas01910HD