Poor and Survival Challenges!
Financial trouble, recession, homelessness, struggling to make money, every day, every moment is a challenge, a survival game.
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- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJesse BradfordJeroen KrabbéLisa EichhornA young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
- DirectorSalvatore StabileStarsJohn LeguizamoLeonor VarelaDavid CastroA failed boxer (Leguizamo) struggles to find a job and an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsWill SmithThandiwe NewtonJaden SmithA struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsFrances McDormandDavid StrathairnLinda MayA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsAbigail BreslinStanley TucciJoan CusackSet in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsLucyDavid KoppellOver the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- DirectorShôgo FuruyaSatoshi KonStarsTôru EmoriYoshiaki UmegakiAya OkamotoOn Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsOscar IsaacCarey MulliganJohn GoodmanA week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
- DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsFreddie HighmoreKeri RussellJonathan Rhys MeyersA musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMark LesterRon MoodyShani WallisAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsBarney ClarkBen KingsleyJeremy SwiftAn adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsJim BelushiKelly LynchAlisan PorterA homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsMaggie SmithAlex JenningsJim BroadbentA man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.
- DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsSarah GreeneMolly McCannDarragh MckenzieThe story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.
- DirectorRon KraussStarsVanessa HudgensRosario DawsonBrendan FraserA pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
- DirectorJessica BlankErik JensenStarsHannah MarksRachel ZimmermannSean MartiniA group of homeless teenagers in Los Angeles struggle to find themselves.
- DirectorThamiraStarsIlavarasuAranthangi NishaRamya PandianA husband and wife, who are poles apart, go through a lean patch after they start living separately.
- DirectorPaul BettanyStarsAdolfo Mendez-NouelAnthony MackieKevin Arnold HoffmanHannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
- DirectorNicole RiegelStarsPamela AdlonAustin AmelioBecky Ann BakerTo pay for her education, and the chance of a better life, a young woman joins a dangerous scrap metal crew.
- DirectorJulio QuintanaStarsDennis QuaidJimmy GonzalesMiguel Angel GarciaTo save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
- DirectorAni Simon-KennedyStarsSabrina CarpenterSteven OggChristina NukiA teenager has to confront the reality of life on the road after tragedy strikes.
- DirectorHarris DoranStarsMadison IsemanJeff KoberLaura Bell BundyAn empowering story inspired by true events, a poverty-stricken young mother is forced to move when her house is condemned. With no money and no options, she must confront her abusive past in order to save her family.