Poverty Movies
- 2015
Taxi
Taxi7.0552015HD
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their vi...
- 2019
Native Son
Native Son5.4942019HD
A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life...
- 1991
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff6.6621991HD
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working unde...
- 2014
The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime
The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime7.62014HD
This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad dayli...
- 2008
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel6.62008HD
Fashion icon Coco Chanel, steeped in wealth and fame, still issues game-changing designs and collections. The audience is taken backwards in time to t...
- 2014
Jimmy's Hall
Jimmy's Hall6.7492014HD
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
- 2013
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying5.32013HD
Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.
- 1933
Land Without Bread
Land Without Bread7.11933HD
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, mise...
- 2011
Le Havre
Le Havre7.0012011HD
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a s...
- 1987
Withnail & I
Withnail & I7.3021987HD
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid...
- 1987
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror7.2891987HD
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...
- 1917
The Immigrant
The Immigrant7.31917HD
An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
- 1947
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday7.21947HD
Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small...
- 1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn7.51945HD
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well thro...
- 2015
The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van6.42015HD
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van...
- 2019
Gully Boy
Gully Boy7.3742019HD
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
- 2010
Black Venus
Black Venus6.72010HD
The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of...
- 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...
- 2015
Laissez-faire
Laissez-faire102015HD
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments...
- 2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai7.2532011HD
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...