Poverty Movies

  • 2021
    Nun Nancy

    Nun Nancy

    Nun Nancy

    02021HD

    Nun Nancy follows the heartfelt ministry of a passionate woman of God that served the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland disguised as a bartender so th...

    Nun Nancy
  • 2019
    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    02019HD

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing Am...

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
  • 2018
    What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

    What Comes Around

    02018HD

    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 communi...

    What Comes Around
  • 1964
    Lake Paliastomi

    Lake Paliastomi

    Lake Paliastomi

    01964HD

    Ivane, a Gurian peasant is struggling with social inequality, trying to feed an impoverished family, pay state and rent taxes with extreme physical ex...

    Lake Paliastomi
  • 2004
    Lady Joker

    Lady Joker

    Lady Joker

    7.52004HD

    Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama in...

    Lady Joker
  • 2015
    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

    62015HD

    Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very critical and la...

    Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas
  • 1962
    View from an Alley

    View from an Alley

    View from an Alley

    51962HD

    One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.

    View from an Alley
  • 1987
    The Beauties of Billings

    The Beauties of Billings

    The Beauties of Billings

    01987HD

    A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.

    The Beauties of Billings
  • 1995
    In Spanien wird man brauner

    In Spanien wird man brauner

    In Spanien wird man brauner

    01995HD

    Bettina and Frank are from Saxony, without a job and are on vacation for the first time. They go to the sunny beach, where the unemployed Bulgarians T...

    In Spanien wird man brauner
  • 1932
    The child's first right

    The child's first right

    The child's first right

    01932HD

    The child's first right
  • 2009
    Shed Your Tears and Walk Away

    Shed Your Tears and Walk Away

    Shed Your Tears and Walk Away

    7.52009HD

    Real-life drama about why, in a beautiful and quirky rural town, film- maker Jez Lewis' childhood friends are killing themselves. Beginning with a per...

    Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
  • 2007
    Stars

    Stars

    Stars

    02007HD

    Shot almost in its entirety in the corridors of the Villa 21, one of Buenas Aires' most well-known shanty-towns, Estrellas (Stars) revolves around the...

    Stars
  • 2015
    Historias de Lavapiés

    Historias de Lavapiés

    Historias de Lavapiés

    5.12015HD

    Historias de Lavapiés
  • 2024
    MIMIC

    MIMIC

    MIMIC

    102024HD

    Suffocating under poverty, Ferris finds a door to another world that may provide her the perfect escape - If only her struggles don't follow her.

    MIMIC
  • 2017
    Motel

    Motel

    Motel

    02017HD

    As Niagara Falls transformed from honeymoon capital of the world to Las Vegas North, corporate hotel chains and casinos cast a long shadow over the in...

    Motel
  • 1977
    Morte e Vida Severina

    Morte e Vida Severina

    Morte e Vida Severina

    5.71977HD

    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 f...

    Morte e Vida Severina
  • 2022
    The Domestic

    The Domestic

    The Domestic

    02022HD

    Mr. Hormoz's house is due to a bank mortgage debt. Financial problems have gripped him and his family and caused them trouble. To the extent that.

    The Domestic
  • 2000
    I Want to Be

    I Want to Be

    I Want to Be

    7.4292000HD

    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...

    I Want to Be
  • 2013
    Pigman

    Pigman

    Pigman

    3.52013HD

    The film tells the story of a young man who dreams of securing high jobs by completing his doctorate, but is forced to spend his days in a pig farm.

    Pigman
  • 1999
    Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät

    Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät

    Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät

    01999HD

    Documentary film about four families in Pori, Finland, all struggling with unemployment and poverty.

    Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät