Poverty Movies
- 1970
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den71970HD
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...
- 1989
The Dull-Ice Flower
The Dull-Ice Flower8.21989HD
Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is...
- 1963
America America
America America6.91963HD
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.
- 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...
- 1921
The Blot
The Blot6.41921HD
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and...
- 1933
Land Without Bread
Land Without Bread71933HD
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in...
- 1999
Trash
Trash4.81999HD
Trash is a coming of age drama set amongst the poverty stricken trailer parks of the deep South. In a spiraling tale of hatred, love and loyalty, two...
- 1961
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships7.0851961HD
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
- 2014
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers4.22014HD
Documentary following Serbian football coach Zoran Đorđević as he helps form South Sudan's first national football team.
- 1975
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light7.21975HD
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
- 1949
Salon Mexico
Salon Mexico6.41949HD
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but...
- 2020
Hidden Away
Hidden Away7.5392020HD
The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the...
- 2022
On the Fringe
On the Fringe6.6942022HD
A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite...
- 1932
Mickey's Good Deed
Mickey's Good Deed6.31932HD
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...
- 1963
Life Goes On
Life Goes On6.9751963HD
Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent...
- 1984
The Holy Innocents
The Holy Innocents7.7991984HD
Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy...
- 2010
Black Venus
Black Venus6.62010HD
The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams...
- 1964
Campeón del barrio
Campeón del barrio5.81964HD
A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm intention of escaping poverty to marry his girlfriend, who...
- 2018
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Five Fingers for Marseilles5.62018HD
Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one...
- 1989
Isle of Flowers
Isle of Flowers8.11989HD
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers...