Poverty Movies

  • 2022
    The Back Window

    The Back Window

    The Back Window

    02022HD

    The Back Window
  • 2019
    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

    02019HD

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing...

    Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
  • 1953
    Come Back, Sebastiana

    Come Back, Sebastiana

    Come Back, Sebastiana

    51953HD

    The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her...

    Come Back, Sebastiana
  • 2023
    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia

    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia

    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia

    62023HD

    A teenager has to undo the mess his older brother made and protect his family even if he has to stand against dangerous thugs.

    Sobre Todo A Mi Familia
  • 2022
    Vote

    Vote

    Vote

    02022HD

    A woman struggles as she is caught at a supermarket for shoplifting. This award-winning short film is inspired by the cost of living crisis in...

    Vote
  • 2010
    Dreaming Nicaragua

    Dreaming Nicaragua

    Dreaming Nicaragua

    02010HD

    DREAMING NICARAGUA is a film about HOPE. It's about love for the dignity and courage of the human spirit that, even immersed in uttermost tragic...

    Dreaming Nicaragua
  • 1963
    Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne

    Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne

    Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne

    01963HD

    Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne
  • 2025
    Morena

    Morena

    Morena

    02025HD

    MORENA tells the uplifting story of the Philippine National Surf Athlete Ikit Agudo, who overcame the pressure to blend into a society obsessed with...

    Morena
  • 1974
    La guarida

    La guarida

    La guarida

    51974HD

    A very impoverished man wanders the cold and hostile city looking for cigarette butts. After being humiliated by rude people at a bar, he comes back...

    La guarida
  • 1992
    Brasilianische Protokolle 2

    Brasilianische Protokolle 2

    Brasilianische Protokolle 2

    01992HD

    Documentary film about a slum community on the outskirts of Recife, a major city in northeastern Brazil. A portrait of life in extreme poverty and...

    Brasilianische Protokolle 2
  • 2017
    Motel

    Motel

    Motel

    02017HD

    As Niagara Falls transformed from honeymoon capital of the world to Las Vegas North, corporate hotel chains and casinos cast a long shadow over the...

    Motel
  • 2014
    A Product of Me

    A Product of Me

    A Product of Me

    02014HD

    Clyde and Levi prepare for life after high school. Twists and turns allows for them to encounter adversaries that test their friendship, their...

    A Product of Me
  • 2025
    Wooden Go-Kart

    Wooden Go-Kart

    Wooden Go-Kart

    02025HD

    The story of two homeless brothers and their ambitious dreams of becoming race car drivers. Amidst a harsh reality where they are invisible to...

    Wooden Go-Kart
  • 1972
    Pueblo de lata

    Pueblo de lata

    Pueblo de lata

    01972HD

    Migrants from the countryside and unemployed people from neighbouring cities take over some unused land and establish a neighbourhood in the...

    Pueblo de lata
  • 2021
    sin título

    sin título

    sin título

    02021HD

    "The prevailing stigmatization of the 'villero' universe is fed back by the images. In order to dismantle this stigmatization, other images must be...

    sin título
  • 1991
    Trouble Behind

    Trouble Behind

    Trouble Behind

    01991HD

    During World War I, African-Americans worked on the railroad near Corbin, Kentucky. When whites returned from the war, there was conflict. Whites...

    Trouble Behind
  • 2014
    Plano B

    Plano B

    Plano B

    82014HD

    Plano B
  • 2006
    Early in the Morning

    Early in the Morning

    Early in the Morning

    62006HD

    Yaguiné and Fodé, schoolboys who try in vain to find work to help their poor families. Lured by the symbols of Western affluence and...

    Early in the Morning
  • 2022
    The Spirit of Christmas

    The Spirit of Christmas

    The Spirit of Christmas

    02022HD

    It's Christmas time, but not everyone can afford it. Just when a pair of young parents are about to disappoint their little girl, a knight in bright...

    The Spirit of Christmas
  • 2003
    Tale of People from Here

    Tale of People from Here

    Tale of People from Here

    6.22003HD

    Made by independent company Wytwórnia A'YoY from Zielona Góra, Poland, mostly by the members of former sketch group Kabaret Potem, this...

    Tale of People from Here