Poverty Movies

  • 1933
    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    7.41933HD

    A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
  • 1960
    The Cloud-Capped Star

    The Cloud-Capped Star

    The Cloud-Capped Star

    7.31960HD

    A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

    The Cloud-Capped Star
  • 1985
    Ratón en Ferretería

    Ratón en Ferretería

    Ratón en Ferretería

    6.31985HD

    Adonai Flores, an experienced writer of telenovelas, falls in love with Belén Helena, a girl of low class. Adonay, desperate to keep her with...

    Ratón en Ferretería
  • 2018
    Never Goin' Back

    Never Goin' Back

    Never Goin' Back

    6.12018HD

    Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all of their money in a drug scam, the girls --...

    Never Goin' Back
  • 1933
    Land Without Bread

    Land Without Bread

    Land Without Bread

    7.0831933HD

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

    Land Without Bread
  • 2012
    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty

    82012HD

    The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis's film takes us through the...

    Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty
  • 1983
    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    51983HD

    Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father...

    Jack and the Beanstalk
  • 2022
    On the Fringe

    On the Fringe

    On the Fringe

    6.6592022HD

    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...

    On the Fringe
  • 1997
    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    5.7651997HD

    Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and...

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • 1977
    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    71977HD

    Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the...

    The Police Tapes
  • 1996
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem

    7.21996HD

    Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.

    Jerusalem
  • 2010
    The Accordion

    The Accordion

    The Accordion

    5.4442010HD

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

    The Accordion
  • 1970
    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive

    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive

    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive

    01970HD

    This film was shot in Cuba in 1994. The opportunity came when Russel Porter, an Australian documentary filmmaker, was invited to teach at the...

    Luchando! Cuba's Struggle to Survive
  • 2015
    30 Seconds Away: Breaking the Cycle

    30 Seconds Away: Breaking the Cycle

    30 Seconds Away: Breaking the Cycle

    52015HD

    A former federal agent takes you from Milwaukee's streets into its justice system, following Harold Sloan and six other homeless men over five years...

    30 Seconds Away: Breaking the Cycle
  • 1994
    Mi Vida Loca

    Mi Vida Loca

    Mi Vida Loca

    6.61994HD

    Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by...

    Mi Vida Loca
  • 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
  • 1963
    The Organizer

    The Organizer

    The Organizer

    7.51963HD

    In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile...

    The Organizer
  • 2016
    Laia

    Laia

    Laia

    4.22016HD

    "Laia" is located in the imaginary village of Sinera, a fishing village inhabited by a series of extreme characters, indiscriminately diverted to the...

    Laia
  • 2001
    Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

    Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

    Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

    6.52001HD

    Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his...

    Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
  • 1948
    You the Rich

    You the Rich

    You the Rich

    7.61948HD

    Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

    You the Rich