Poverty Movies

  • 1999
    Angela's Ashes

    Angela's Ashes

    Angela's Ashes

    7.31999HD

    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,...

    Angela's Ashes
  • 2017
    The Breadwinner

    The Breadwinner

    The Breadwinner

    7.8512017HD

    A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

    The Breadwinner
  • 1991
    My Own Private Idaho

    My Own Private Idaho

    My Own Private Idaho

    7.11991HD

    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...

    My Own Private Idaho
  • 2010
    Winter's Bone

    Winter's Bone

    Winter's Bone

    6.8142010HD

    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...

    Winter's Bone
  • 2018
    Black '47

    Black '47

    Black '47

    6.542018HD

    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...

    Black '47
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    71970HD

    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...

    Dodes'ka-den
  • 1994
    The Postman

    The Postman

    The Postman

    7.91994HD

    Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

    The Postman
  • 2017
    The Man Who Invented Christmas

    The Man Who Invented Christmas

    The Man Who Invented Christmas

    6.8222017HD

    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,...

    The Man Who Invented Christmas
  • 2023
    The Braid

    The Braid

    The Braid

    7.62023HD

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

    The Braid
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    7.71956HD

    The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

    Street of Shame
  • 1987
    Withnail & I

    Withnail & I

    Withnail & I

    7.31987HD

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

    Withnail & I
  • 1957
    Nights of Cabiria

    Nights of Cabiria

    Nights of Cabiria

    81957HD

    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...

    Nights of Cabiria
  • 2011
    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    7.22011HD

    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...

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • 1961
    Accattone

    Accattone

    Accattone

    7.71961HD

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

    Accattone
  • 1987
    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    7.31987HD

    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...

    Pelle the Conqueror
  • 2015
    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

    6.42015HD

    The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’...

    The Lady in the Van
  • 1947
    One Wonderful Sunday

    One Wonderful Sunday

    One Wonderful Sunday

    7.31947HD

    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...

    One Wonderful Sunday
  • 2023
    Abang Adik

    Abang Adik

    Abang Adik

    7.62023HD

    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...

    Abang Adik
  • 2014
    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    7.62014HD

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

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime
  • 1954
    Twenty-Four Eyes

    Twenty-Four Eyes

    Twenty-Four Eyes

    7.71954HD

    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...

    Twenty-Four Eyes