Category
page 1Films about poverty
Parasite
2019 film directed by Bong Joon-ho
City of God
2002 film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund
Bicycle Thieves
1948 film by Vittorio De Sica
Capernaum
2018 film directed by Nadine Labaki
Shoplifters
2018 Japanese film
High and Low
1963 film by Akira Kurosawa
The Host
2006 South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho
Dodes'ka-den
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.
Rosetta
1999 film by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Lower Depths
1957 film by Akira Kurosawa
Queen of Katwe
2016 film directed by Mira Nair
Happy as Lazzaro
2018 film by Alice Rohrwacher
Maria Full of Grace
2004 film by Joshua Marston
Frozen River
2008 film by Courtney Hunt
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019 film directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ma' Rosa
2016 film
The Hour of the Furnaces
1968 film by Fernando Solanas, Octavio Getino
Rickshaw Man
1958 film by Hiroshi Inagaki
Trash
2014 film by Stephen Daldry
Black '47
2018 film by Lance Daly
The Children's Train
2024 film directed by Cristina Comencini
Abang Adik
2023 film
Hansel and Gretel
2002 film by Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Metro Manila
2013 film by Sean Ellis
The Delivery Boy
2018 Nigerian film
Bad Black
2016 film
Cageman
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.
Arracht
'''''' (; 'Monster') is a 2019 Irish period drama film directed and written by set during the Great Famine of Ireland. It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The 5th Monkey
1990 film by Éric Rochat
Hansel and Gretel
1987 film directed by Len Talan
Boy Eating the Bird's Food
2012 film
Insiang
Insiang () is a 1976 Philippine drama film directed by Lino Brocka. Its screenplay, written by Mario O'Hara and Lamberto E. Antonio, is based on O'Hara's teleplay of the same name. Set in the slums of Tondo, Manila, the film stars Hilda Koronel as the eponymous character: the young daughter of a resentful mother (Mona Lisa), whose much-younger lover (Ruel Vernal) rapes her. After her assault and the betrayal of her own lover (Rez Cortez), Insiang seeks revenge. A representation of urban poverty, the film explores themes of betrayal, revenge and despair.
In the Face of Demolition
1953 film directed by Li Tie
Daughter of Rage
2022 drama film by Laura Baumeister de Montis
Moon Heart
2021 Peruvian science fiction film directed by Aldo Salvini