Poverty Movies

  • 1977
    Sorcerer

    Sorcerer

    Sorcerer

    7.4361977HD

    Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives...

    Sorcerer
  • 1991
    Curly Sue

    Curly Sue

    Curly Sue

    6.41991HD

    Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue....

    Curly Sue
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    71970HD

    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...

    Dodes'ka-den
  • 1962
    Harakiri

    Harakiri

    Harakiri

    8.41962HD

    Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find...

    Harakiri
  • 2010
    Winter's Bone

    Winter's Bone

    Winter's Bone

    6.8132010HD

    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...

    Winter's Bone
  • 2009
    Now & Later

    Now & Later

    Now & Later

    5.22009HD

    Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los...

    Now & Later
  • 1987
    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    Pelle the Conqueror

    7.31987HD

    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...

    Pelle the Conqueror
  • 2023
    Abang Adik

    Abang Adik

    Abang Adik

    7.62023HD

    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...

    Abang Adik
  • 2021
    The Hand of God

    The Hand of God

    The Hand of God

    7.62021HD

    In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved...

    The Hand of God
  • 1957
    Nights of Cabiria

    Nights of Cabiria

    Nights of Cabiria

    7.9941957HD

    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...

    Nights of Cabiria
  • 1987
    Withnail & I

    Withnail & I

    Withnail & I

    7.2851987HD

    Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their...

    Withnail & I
  • 2014
    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

    7.62014HD

    This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in...

    The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime
  • 2019
    Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

    Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

    Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

    6.9552019HD

    Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good...

    Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
  • 2018
    Black '47

    Black '47

    Black '47

    6.52018HD

    In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has...

    Black '47
  • 2011
    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    7.22011HD

    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...

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • 2011
    Le Havre

    Le Havre

    Le Havre

    72011HD

    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...

    Le Havre
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    7.6551956HD

    The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

    Street of Shame
  • 1945
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    7.5711945HD

    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...

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • 1994
    The Postman

    The Postman

    The Postman

    7.91994HD

    Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

    The Postman
  • 1998
    The Rose Seller

    The Rose Seller

    The Rose Seller

    7.6871998HD

    Monica is 13 years old and has already created her own world, on the street, where she fights courageously to defend what little she has: her...

    The Rose Seller