Keyword: poverty

Europe '51

7.5

1952

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A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.

Somewhere in Dreamland

7.3

1936

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A poor boy and girl in rags gather wood in the snow. They pass by a tailor, a butcher and a baker, all of whom pity the children. Later, they arrive home. Their poor mother sets before them the only food she can: some stale bread. The children cheerfully dunk the bread in their glasses of water. After eating, the boy tells his mother hes still hungry. She weeps into her apron, and the boy declares that he was only fooling...

Oliver Twist

4

1982

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This animated version of the classic Charles Dickens faithfully follows the adventures of the young orphan Oliver Twist. He escapes from the workhouses of 19th century England and must battle fate for his survival in the streets of London. Oliver falls prey to villains, not the least of which is social injustice. His involvement with a gang of thieves brings him to meet the roguish Artful Dodger and the master of the thieves kitchen, Fagin. His protected by a wealthy gentleman but forced to return to the gang to take part in a robbery, where he is wounded. While he is recovering the mystery of his identity unfolds. Truth triumphs in the end when Oliver is adopted by his benefactor, and the thieves are brought to justice.

One Man's War

5.8

1973

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Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many hardships.

Bandit Queen

7.6

1994

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The story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.

Riff-Raff

7.1

1991

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The story of construction-worker Stevie and his unemployed pop-singer girlfriend shows the living conditions of the British poor class.

The Bench

7.6

2000

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Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Him and his friends spend their time drinking beer at a public bench. One day Kajs life turns upside down when a young lady and her child moves in next to him.

Noble

6.8

2014

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Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

8

1945

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Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.

Stray Dogs

7

2013

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An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.

As I Lay Dying

5.4

2013

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Based on the classic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1930, As I Lay Dying is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her familys quest to honor her last wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

Dodes'ka-den

7.4

1970

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Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.