Poverty Movies

  • 1934
    Bread

    Bread

    Bread

    01934HD

    Life on the breadline in the 1930s was hard enough, but times were desperate when you fell beneath it. Hunger marches organised by the National...

    Bread
  • 2020
    Huff

    Huff

    Huff

    02020HD

    Non-judgmental vignette following a day in the life of one young man living inside a poor, small-town filled with broken dreams and addiction.

    Huff
  • 2006
    Retrieval

    Retrieval

    Retrieval

    5.92006HD

    19 year old Wojtek lives in a poverty stricken Polish town. He is in love with an older woman, an illegal emigrant from Ukraine. He boxes in illegal...

    Retrieval
  • 2005
    Bortglömda

    Bortglömda

    Bortglömda

    02005HD

    Bortglömda
  • 2020
    Colors

    Colors

    Colors

    02020HD

    Colors explores the bonds of a young family living in the Bronx. They are displaced after unforeseen circumstances take the family to unexpected...

    Colors
  • 2002
    Two Sisters

    Two Sisters

    Two Sisters

    02002HD

    Violeta and Vyollca Dukay live in the south of Kosovo, close to the border with Albania. Faced with a very high unemployment in their country since...

    Two Sisters
  • 1957
    Hyperbola of Youth

    Hyperbola of Youth

    Hyperbola of Youth

    71957HD

    Myeong-ho (Hwang Hae), a middle school teacher who had grown up in poverty, and Bu-nam (Yang Hun), the first son of the president of a trading...

    Hyperbola of Youth
  • 2009
    Agrarian Utopia

    Agrarian Utopia

    Agrarian Utopia

    6.42009HD

    Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming...

    Agrarian Utopia
  • 1993
    The Sultan of the Medina

    The Sultan of the Medina

    The Sultan of the Medina

    71993HD

    A community of people rejected by society live in an abandoned residence located in a "Medina": an old town in Tunisia. Al Bab, a local criminal...

    The Sultan of the Medina
  • 2006
    Buddha's Lost Children

    Buddha's Lost Children

    Buddha's Lost Children

    7.32006HD

    Buddha's Lost Children is a feature-length documentary film about a Thai Buddhist monk who, armed only with his master boxing skills, wages an...

    Buddha's Lost Children
  • 2021
    Sour Honey

    Sour Honey

    Sour Honey

    22021HD

    Jade and Effy exist in a paradox of determination to achieve authenticity while living a hedonistic lifestyle. In their time of desperation for...

    Sour Honey
  • 2019
    Rift

    Rift

    Rift

    6.52019HD

    Rift
  • 2023
    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia

    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia

    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia

    62023HD

    A teenager has to undo the mess his older brother made and protect his family even if he has to stand against dangerous thugs.

    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia
  • 2010
    The Accordion

    The Accordion

    The Accordion

    5.92010HD

    A couple of children earn their living by playing music on the streets of Teheran. But a thief steals their accordion.

    The Accordion
  • 1982
    Jóvenes de barrio

    Jóvenes de barrio

    Jóvenes de barrio

    91982HD

    Short documentary about the marginalized youth in Canyelles, Barcelona.

    Jóvenes de barrio
  • 2014
    Coach Zoran and His African Tigers

    Coach Zoran and His African Tigers

    Coach Zoran and His African Tigers

    4.22014HD

    Documentary following Serbian football coach Zoran Đorđević as he helps form South Sudan's first national football team.

    Coach Zoran and His African Tigers
  • 2011
    On Hold

    On Hold

    On Hold

    02011HD

    Between the city and the countryside, the subtle and modern forms of slavery unfold. A girl waits for the pick-up truck that will transport her to...

    On Hold
  • 1944
    Naples Is a Battlefield

    Naples Is a Battlefield

    Naples Is a Battlefield

    6.21944HD

    The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of...

    Naples Is a Battlefield
  • 1985
    Havlandet

    Havlandet

    Havlandet

    01985HD

    This is a tale that has an epic scope in scenery "the northern snow-covered lands of coastal Norway" and is dramatized by moments of tumultuous...

    Havlandet
  • 2014
    A Product of Me

    A Product of Me

    A Product of Me

    02014HD

    Clyde and Levi prepare for life after high school. Twists and turns allows for them to encounter adversaries that test their friendship, their...

    A Product of Me