Homelessness Movies

On June 13, 1978, the punk bands the Cramps and the Mutants played a free show for psychiatric patients at the Napa State Hospital in California. We...

Respected banker Karel Brand is seen as a marketable emblem of probity. When he loses 350,000 guilders, his reputation is tarnished – without...

The Hans Christian Andersen classic is given present-day relevance and an upbeat ending in this story of Angela, a homeless child who sells...

A wandering homeless man seizes an opportunity.

'Boykee' is a drug addict from the streets of Rotterdam, who manages to get himself into some serious trouble and he' s looking for a way out. Lea, a...

How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team...

Documentary tells the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful...

This film not only lays bare the brutal realities that people experiencing homelessness face, but also highlights the true value of Crisis and its...

Rejected by their family, school and society, three teenagers wind up defenseless on the mean streets of Tirana.

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.

KOMO Anchor Eric Johnson takes an in-depth look at the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in...

Filmed over a number of years, David Vondráček’s powerful documentary records the lives of Jan and Jana, a homeless couple who find...

Kirsty must survive an afternoon in the city centre until her accomodation can be arranged at a homeless shelter.

This documentary asks, what is happening to our homes? This is what’s going on all around this country while they’re trying to get...

An unnerving glimpse into the near future is experienced through Callum, a young drifter.

Legendary homeless activist Ted Hayes embarks on a journey to heal hearts and minds of Americans.

Running Inside Out is a movie about a woman named Kim and her passion for running. Kim is forced to the edge by a sequence of life circumstances....

Mariem, 53, a former estate agent, has been living at a shelter for several months. Surrounded by women in far more precarious circumstances than...

A celebrity reflects on his dark rise to fame.