Films about homelessness

1969 film directed by John Schlesinger

2006 film by Gabriele Muccino

Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to drift around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.

1992 American animated film directed by Phil Roman

1991 film by Terry Gilliam

Last Christmas is a 2019 Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Bryony Kimmings and Emma Thompson, who co-developed the story concept with her husband, Greg Wise. Based on the 1984 song of the same name by Wham!, the film stars Emilia Clarke as a disillusioned Christmas store worker who forms a relationship with a mysterious man and begins to fall for him; Thompson and Michelle Yeoh also star.

thumb|x150px|thumbtime=2:10:03|Awaara (1951) Awaara, also written Awāra and known overseas as The Vagabond, is a 1951 Indian crime drama film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and V.P. Sathe. It stars Raj Kapoor along with his real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor, as well as Nargis, Leela Chitnis and K. N. Singh. Other members of the Kapoor family make an appearance, including Raj's youngest brother Shashi Kapoor, who plays the younger version of his character, and Prithiviraj's father Dewan Basheshwarnath Singh Kapoor, playing a cameo in his only film appea

1973 film by Jerry Schatzberg

2003 film directed by Satoshi Kon

is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, and Shinsuke Minami. It is based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1962 novel A City Without Seasons and is about a group of homeless and poverty-stricken people living on the outskirts of Tokyo.

2005 drama film directed by Roman Polanski

2009 film by Joe Wright

1991 film by John Hughes

2015 film directed by Nicholas Hytner

1985 film directed by Agnès Varda

1987 film by Héctor Babenco

2013 film by Steven Knight

1961 film by Henri Colpi

Deewaar ( The Wall) is a 1975 Indian action crime film directed by Yash Chopra, from a story by Salim–Javed. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan alongside an ensemble cast of Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi, Iftekhar, Madan Puri, Satyen Kappu and Manmohan Krishna. The music was composed by R. D. Burman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Kay Gee Koregaonkar and T. R. Mangeshkar-Pran Mehra. In the film, two impoverished brothers struggle to survive in the slums of Mumbai and eventually find themselves on opposing sides of the law. The film's title signifies th

1986 film by Paul Mazursky

2016 film by Roger Spottiswoode

1987 film directed by Marek Kanievska

1987 film by Peter Yates

1991 film by Mel Brooks

1954 Indian film

2012 film by Karzan Kader

2001 film by Kasi Lemmons

2017 film by Andrew Haigh

2006 film by Aki Kaurismäki

2005 film directed by Josef Fares

1994 film by Ernest Dickerson

Sairat () is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language social romantic tragedy film directed and co-produced by Nagraj Manjule under his banner Aatpat Production, along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Vision Productions and Zee Studios. Starring Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar in their debuts, it tells the story of two young college students from different castes who fall in love, sparking conflict between their families.

2019 film by Lone Scherfig

2003 film by Paul Feig

2011 film by Jason Eisener

1994 film by Alek Keshishian

1994 film by Tsai Ming-liang

1987 film by J. Michael Muro

1993 film by Tim Hunter

Gunday () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Irrfan Khan in the lead roles. Set in 1971–1988 Calcutta, the film follows two best friends who are also outlaws that both fall in love with a cabaret dancer, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them while a police officer tries to take advantage of this situation to eliminate them.

2024 film directed by Thea Sharrock

2007 film by Rod Lurie

2013 film by Tsai Ming-liang

2010 film directed by Bruce LaBruce

2025 British film directed by Harris Dickinson

2014 film

C.H.U.D. is a 1984 American science fiction horror film directed by Douglas Cheek, produced by Andrew Bonime, and starring John Heard, Daniel Stern, and Christopher Curry in his film debut. The plot concerns a New York City police officer and a homeless shelter manager who team up to investigate a series of disappearances, and discover that the missing people have been killed by humanoid monsters that live in the sewers.

2003 television film directed by Peter Levin

2020 film directed by Brett Haley

2018 film directed by Emilio Estevez

1990 film by René Manzor

1992 film by Chris Walas

1966 television film directed by Ken Loach

1989 film by Robert Wise

Cageman () is a 1992 Hong Kong satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jacob Cheung. It won four awards at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards held in 1993, including Best Film.

South Korean film by Lee Byeong-heon

1975 Indian film directed by Shakti Samanta

2005 film

2016 film by Aske Bang

1963 film by Clive Donner