Poverty Movies
- 1999
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes7.31999HD
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty,...
- 2017
The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner7.8512017HD
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
- 1991
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho7.11991HD
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a...
- 2010
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone6.8142010HD
After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal...
- 2018
Black '47
Black '476.542018HD
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has...
- 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...
- 1994
The Postman
The Postman7.91994HD
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
- 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas6.8222017HD
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when,...
- 2023
The Braid
The Braid7.62023HD
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her...
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.71956HD
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
- 1987
Withnail & I
Withnail & I7.31987HD
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their...
- 1957
Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria81957HD
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find...
- 2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai7.22011HD
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...
- 1961
Accattone
Accattone7.71961HD
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
- 1987
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror7.31987HD
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...
- 2015
The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van6.42015HD
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’...
- 1947
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday7.31947HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes7.71954HD
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...