Poverty Movies
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 2021
The Hand of God
The Hand of God7.62021HD
In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved...
- 1924
Greed
Greed7.41924HD
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 2010
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone6.8212010HD
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...
- 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’...
- 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.
- 2022
On the Fringe
On the Fringe6.6962022HD
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...
- 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...
- 1997
Lawn Dogs
Lawn Dogs7.2021997HD
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to...
- 1991
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff6.6751991HD
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...
- 1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn7.5061945HD
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...
- 1963
The Insect Woman
The Insect Woman7.3831963HD
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle....