Poverty Movies

  • 1987
    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    7.2741987HD

    In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a...

    Pelle the Conqueror
  • 1961
    Accattone

    Accattone

    Accattone

    7.7451961HD

    A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

    Accattone
  • 2003
    Tale of People from Here

    Tale of People from Here

    Tale of People from Here

    6.22003HD

    Made by independent company Wytwórnia A'YoY from Zielona Góra, Poland, mostly by the members of former sketch group Kabaret Potem, this...

    Tale of People from Here
  • 1948
    You the Rich

    You the Rich

    You the Rich

    7.51948HD

    Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

    You the Rich
  • 2009
    Mall Girls

    Mall Girls

    Mall Girls

    5.32009HD

    Shopping malls - today's place of creating desires. Best jewelry, clothes, shoes. Unaffordable by young girls, but they "work" to get themselves...

    Mall Girls
  • 2015
    Good Funk

    Good Funk

    Good Funk

    02015HD

    Set in Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, GOOD FUNK follows three generations of citizens whose lives intersect...

    Good Funk
  • 2021
    Dreams

    Dreams

    Dreams

    02021HD

    These are the future leaders of their communities. Ever wonder what it’s like to walk a day in their shoes? How the world looks through their...

    Dreams
  • 2014
    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    7.5962014HD

    This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in...

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime
  • 2010
    Miracle Fish

    Miracle Fish

    Miracle Fish

    6.22010HD

    8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go...

    Miracle Fish
  • 1993
    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves

    4.51993HD

    FLYIN' CUT SLEEVES, completed in 1993, portrays street gang presidents in the Bronx. Their world was the streets, set against a backdrop of uprooted...

    Flyin' Cut Sleeves
  • 1932
    Mickey's Good Deed

    Mickey's Good Deed

    Mickey's Good Deed

    6.31932HD

    Mickey is playing Christmas carols on a standup bass for change. Alas, all he gets is screws, rocks, and other useless stuff. He plays outside a rich...

    Mickey's Good Deed
  • 1987
    Lute: Forge On or Die

    Lute: Forge On or Die

    Lute: Forge On or Die

    5.8061987HD

    In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more...

    Lute: Forge On or Die
  • 2005
    Darwin's Nightmare

    Darwin's Nightmare

    Darwin's Nightmare

    6.82005HD

    Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment, causing the extinction of...

    Darwin's Nightmare
  • 1999
    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    6.41999HD

    The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will...

    Love Will Tear Us Apart
  • 1986
    Down and Out in America

    Down and Out in America

    Down and Out in America

    6.61986HD

    The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live...

    Down and Out in America
  • 2024
    Fly Me to the Moon

    Fly Me to the Moon

    Fly Me to the Moon

    7.12024HD

    Sisters moving from Hunan to Hong Kong in the 1990s are faced with an identity crisis, poverty, and their father's drug addiction.

    Fly Me to the Moon
  • 2020
    Hidden Away

    Hidden Away

    Hidden Away

    7.5452020HD

    The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the...

    Hidden Away
  • 1963
    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    6.9751963HD

    Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent...

    Life Goes On
  • 1933
    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    7.41933HD

    A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
  • 1991
    The Ox

    The Ox

    The Ox

    6.61991HD

    In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox to feed his wife and baby daughter, setting off a devastating and...

    The Ox