Poverty Movies
- 1991
Curly Sue
Curly Sue6.4321991HD
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but a...
- 1999
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes7.1991999HD
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they t...
- 2009
Now & Later
Now & Later5.132009HD
Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angele...
- 1994
Satantango
Satantango8.1381994HD
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the...
- 2021
The Hand of God
The Hand of God7.5812021HD
In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from...
- 2017
The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner7.8482017HD
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
- 1957
Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria7.9861957HD
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 happines...
- 1924
Greed
Greed7.41924HD
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
- 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas6.92017HD
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,...
- 1994
The Postman
The Postman7.9361994HD
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
- 2015
The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van6.4232015HD
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van...
- 1951
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan7.2911951HD
Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. T...
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.61956HD
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
- 2014
Jimmy's Hall
Jimmy's Hall6.7532014HD
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
- 2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai7.2552011HD
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 ten...
- 1999
Rosetta
Rosetta7.2411999HD
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is de...
- 2016
All We Had
All We Had5.62016HD
A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.
- 1970
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den7.0821970HD
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 circumstances...
- 1987
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror7.2841987HD
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 fa...
- 1987
Withnail & I
Withnail & I7.3011987HD
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid...