Poverty Movies

In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved...

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...

A mentally ill man searches New York for his missing eight year old daughter. He recreates her steps each day hoping for some clue to her...

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...

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...

Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working...

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...

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

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

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

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in...

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their...

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...

Monica is 13 years old and has already created her own world, on the street, where she fights courageously to defend what little she has: her...

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have...

A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in...

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is...

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....

India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her...