Homelessness Movies

49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the...

Just out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn’t get much time to settle in. The...

A young man goes home after a day of work.

Julie, a teen who died from a PCP overdose in the early '70s, searches from beyond the grave for her younger brother Bob, who now in the '90s is an...

Terry is a homeless drifter just trying to get by in a new city. But when his life is threatened, he attempts to escape with the help of Eva, a sex...

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they...

EDEN deals with what could possible be a future for most people caught up in the current economic climate in Ireland and how we have taken a bite of...

Located in Carcavelos, Quinta Nova de Santo António, or Quinta dos Ingleses, as it is recognized by the population, shelters a small community...

Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age story about Soo-young, a miserable...

How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience...

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their...

A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at...

Fantasy A, autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. Along the way he also...

A group of individuals who unexpectedly fall into homelessness. They bond together as an unconventional family, struggling to survive on the streets...

Several street children in Berlin talk about their daily life, referring not only to drug addiction and physical/traumatic injuries, but also to...

Ji-so is a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plans to steal a wealthy...

A homeless man finds the motivation to turn his life around after a stray dog saves his life and refuses to leave his side.

The story concerns a homeless boy named Ted. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an...