Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "slum-lord"

1. District 9 (2009)

R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood

Votes: 718,349 | Gross: $115.65M

2. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.

Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Siu-Lung Leung

Votes: 151,251 | Gross: $17.11M

3. Never on Sunday (1960)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis

Votes: 6,168

4. The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Max, a dead corrupt businessman, makes a Faustian pact with Satan's henchman to drive three people to Hell in exchange for longer life. Soon Max realizes that there still may be good in him.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich

Votes: 1,445 | Gross: $16.00M

5. Shor in the City (2010)

112 min | Crime, Drama

Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.

Directors: Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru | Stars: Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Nikhil Dwivedi, Preeti Desai

Votes: 4,123

6. No Place Like Home (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The powerful story of a family's painful descent into the economic tragedy of homelessness.

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Scott Marlowe, CCH Pounder

Votes: 453

7. Dante's Inferno (1924)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder, executed, and afterward swiftly taken by ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Otto | Stars: Lawson Butt, Howard Gaye, Ralph Lewis, Pauline Starke

Votes: 203 | Gross: $0.26M

8. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

2011 "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" explores the rise & fall of titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft racism, urban poverty & inequality in America.

Director: Chad Freidrichs | Stars: Slyvester Brown, Irvin Dagen, Elmer Fiedler, Robert Fishman

Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.04M

9. A Better Life (2011)

110 min | Drama

Yann (Guillaume Canet) and Nadia (Leïla Bekhti) fall in love. Nadia has acquired a crumbling building in a Paris suburb and the couple decide to renovate it to launch a restaurant. But ... See full summary »

Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi, Abraham Belaga

Votes: 1,800

10. The Super (2010)

98 min | Horror

George Rossi, who immigrated to the US and served in the Vietnam war, is now a Superintendent of a Queens apartment building. He finds himself quickly slipping into a depraved world which is fueled by the tenants of the building.

Directors: Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver | Stars: Demetri Kallas, Lynn Lowry, Necro, Manoush

Votes: 256

11. Neon Indian: Slumlord Rising (2015 Music Video)

9 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A sci-fi/horror music video For "slumlord" From neon Indians 2015 album vega international night school that depicts a disco shootout from an evil money organization . The slumlord arrives ... See full summary »

Directors: Tim Nackashi, Alan Palomo | Stars: Derrick Beckles, JaDarrel Belser, Aaron Brown, Julliete Cassidy

Votes: 27

12. Street of Forgotten Women (1927)

53 min | Drama

Grace Fleming, a debutante, meets a theatre manager who convinces her to fund and star in a stage show. The show fails and she is too ashamed to return to her family and is forced to turn to prostitution.

Director: Norton S. Parker

Votes: 23

13. Onyx Feat. DMX: Shut 'Em Down (1998 Music Video)

TV-MA | 4 min | Music

Music video short with Queens-based rap band Onyx (Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Sonny Seeza) featuring rapper DMX, the title track from the hit Def Jam album "Shut 'Em Down."

Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Onyx, DMX, Sticky Fingaz, Sonny Seeza

Votes: 14

14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Murder Party (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy shady businessman is poisoned during his birthday party at his mansion. The main suspects are four of the people closest to him and they all had very good reasons to want him dead. Darkly comical plot twists ensue.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, David McCallum, Leigh Taylor-Young, David Hemblen

Votes: 97

15. Leg Work (1987)
Episode: Blind Trust (1987)

Drama

Claire investigates the owner of a welfare hotel and learns that the owner is a close friend of her brother.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Margaret Colin, Frances McDormand, Patrick James Clarke, John Bedford Lloyd

16. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
Episode: The Tenement (1996)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Alex testifies against a slum lord, who is sentenced to "do time" in his own dilapidated building. She stumbles upon the building's tragic history, and is forced to help him fight the evil forces that haunt it.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Derek de Lint, Robbi Chong, Martin Cummins, Helen Shaver

Votes: 63

17. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Committee Man (1976)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Soon after Fred is appointed to serve on a mayor's committee he is sought out by a slumlord offering a bribe for political favors.

Director: Chuck Liotta | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Edward Andrews

Votes: 107

18. The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Episode: Burned (2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Immoral agoraphobic realtor Scott Crane orders the arson of a house so he can collect the insurance money, but two children are unexpectedly caught in the blaze and the arsonist, Rick, ... See full summary »

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Jason Bateman, Angela Featherstone, Frank Cassini

Votes: 274

19. Ripper Street (2012–2016)
Episode: The Good of This City (2013)

TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The mother of a girl who used to work for Long Susan is murdered, along with a rent collector. The girl claims to have no memory of the event, which may be linked to the construction of a new railway.

Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 642

20. 19-2 (2014–2017)
Episode: Property Line (2015)

TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama

Station 19 assists with serving final eviction notices for a condemned building, while Ben and Nick team up to find the truth about the mole.

Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Adrian Holmes, Jared Keeso, Dan Petronijevic, Benz Antoine

Votes: 54

21. Manifest (2018–2023)
Episode: Turbulence (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Ben and Michaela investigate a shocking murder in fear that it's connected to Flight 828.

Director: Paul Holahan | Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Athena Karkanis, J.R. Ramirez

Votes: 2,324