Poverty Movies
- 2016
All We Had
All We Had5.62016HD
A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.
- 2014
Jimmy's Hall
Jimmy's Hall6.7532014HD
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
- 2013
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying5.32013HD
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.61956HD
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
- 2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai7.2532011HD
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a...
- 1951
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan7.2911951HD
Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage....
- 2019
Gully Boy
Gully Boy7.3742019HD
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
- 1981
Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue6.8531981HD
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky...
- 1961
Accattone
Accattone7.7371961HD
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
- 2019
Native Son
Native Son5.4942019HD
A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life...
- 2014
The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime
The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime7.62014HD
This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in...
- 1989
Crack House
Crack House4.61989HD
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have...
- 2023
Abang Adik
Abang Adik7.62023HD
Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of...
- 1987
Withnail & I
Withnail & I7.3011987HD
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their...
- 1996
Cyclo
Cyclo7.11996HD
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a...
- 2017
Cuba and the Cameraman
Cuba and the Cameraman7.52017HD
This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.
- 1933
Land Without Bread
Land Without Bread7.11933HD
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in...
- 1917
The Immigrant
The Immigrant7.2991917HD
An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
- 2010
With Love... from the Age of Reason
With Love... from the Age of Reason5.472010HD
The day she turns 40, Marguerite Flora, a successful rep for a nuclear power company, begins receiving letters she'd sent to herself at age seven....
- 2011
Le Havre
Le Havre7.0012011HD
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a...