Poverty Movies
- 1991
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho7.0561991HD
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 mayor...
- 1994
Satantango
Satantango8.1491994HD
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...
- 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...
- 1997
Lawn Dogs
Lawn Dogs7.31997HD
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb...
- 2017
The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner7.8452017HD
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
- 1994
The Postman
The Postman7.9351994HD
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
- 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...
- 1995
Bandit Queen
Bandit Queen6.681995HD
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an...
- 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,...
- 2023
Abang Adik
Abang Adik7.62023HD
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 poverty...
- 1996
Cyclo
Cyclo7.11996HD
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a livin...
- 1970
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den7.11970HD
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...
- 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...
- 1961
Accattone
Accattone7.7341961HD
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
- 1952
Europe '51
Europe '517.3571952HD
A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in...
- 2016
All We Had
All We Had5.62016HD
A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.
- 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.
- 2021
The Hand of God
The Hand of God7.582021HD
In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from...
- 1924
Greed
Greed7.41924HD
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
- 2010
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone6.822010HD
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 underwo...