| Cash Only (2015) | 6.0 | |
| After Love (2016) | 6.5 | |
| Out 1 (1971) | 7.4 | |
| Black Monday (2019) | 7.4 | |
| Woe to young people (1961) | 8.1 |
Lack of money movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant lack of money movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, suspense, entertaining and dark comedy films and TV shows about / with lack of money, female nudity, family relations, money, friendship, money problems, death, debt, photograph and violence plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in France, USA, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as lack of money: Out of Love (2011), Good People (2014), Bad Teacher (2011), The Sea Wall (2008), Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Best Laid Plans (1999), After Love (2016), The Fool (2014), Daddy's Girl (2015), Innocent Killers (2015).
Best films
New films
| Kill Me If You Dare (2024) | 4.6 | |
| The Occupant (2020) | 6.4 | |
| Caramelo (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Spare Keys (2022) | 6.6 | |
| Wall to Wall (2025) | 5.9 |
List of lack of money movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Twenty-year history of Ewelina, who along with her husband decides to play a porn film. Orgasm, of which she experiences on the set during filming, the reaction of her husband, Piotr, and experiences of other women in the industry completely ...
Style:
captivating, controversial, sensual, intense, independent film ...
Plot:
sex scene, young couple, relationships, lack of money, porn star, sex, couple relations, family relations, shame, money problems, family problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
couples, bag of money, life turned upside down, profanity, hidden money, drug addict, childless couple, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, moral dilemma, criminal's revenge, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
222K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
Style:
funny, not serious, humorous, rom com, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, adult ...
Plot:
selfish woman, school, bribery, profanity, sex scene, school teacher, teachers and students, sex, female protagonist, compulsive liar, female teacher, sexy teacher ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Cambodia, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film centers around a young French widow and her two adolescent children attempt to carve out a meager life for themselves by farming rice fields alongside the ocean in French Indo-China in the 1930's. Their efforts are hampered each year ...
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
nudity, corruption, dam, lack of money, landowner, social differences, righting the wronged, fighting the system, parents and children, interracial relations, teenage life, rich and poor ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
cambodia, indochina, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Style:
art house, black and white, philosophical, intellectual, visual ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, gunfight, street prostitution, shootout, lack of money, pimp, sex, female nudity, european, great ending, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, rome italy, tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, twists and turns, manipulation, small town, betrayal, murder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, dishonesty, disorder, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, nevada, portland oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.
Style:
visually appealing, touching, captivating, light, crying ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rich woman, father daughter relationship, family home, marital argument, dancing, lack of money, little girl, friendship, destiny, disorder, awkward situation, marital separation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style:
harsh, atmospheric, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
fighting the system, apartment building, courage, injustice, society, tragedy, moral dilemma, dishonesty, violence, small town, lone hero, plumber ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 90s, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Italian remake of the Mexican 2013 hit, "We the nobles"
Style:
funny, ironic, light, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
job seeking, lack of money, slacker, family relations, spoiled brat, re-education, rich and poor, new job, wealth, financial problem, rich kid, wealthy family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic degree. When his teacher catches him copying on a test, he requires him to perform a very unethical task in exchange for passing and thus achieving ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot:
debt, suicidal thoughts, college student, psychology, university, saving a life, attempted murder, suicidal tendency, assassination attempt, death, courtroom, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lorenzo is a lawyer who files a lawsuit against the zoo of his town but after winning it he has to take home a gorilla.
Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, humorous, slapstick comedy
Plot:
rescue, bossy wife, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, rivalry, love triangle, family relations, rescue attempt, disguise, chase, zoo, trial ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, Francis Cabrel playing on loop, Scrabble games and precious motherly advice on how to behave at the ...
Style:
captivating, happy, telenovela
Plot:
mother, single mother, widow, divorce, unemployment, job seeking, unemployed, lack of money, parents and children, family life, living together, mother and daughter ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Saigon in the late nineties. Photography student Vu rents a room in a shared flat. With his brand-new camera, a gift from his father, he explores the people, places and things around him. He is particularly fascinated by his flatmate Thang, a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, contemplative ...
Plot:
submissive woman, gay, photographer, friendship, love triangle, father son relationship, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, poverty, friendship between men, birth control ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, asia, saigon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Albania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Elvis Martini is in deep shit. His dilapidated Detroit apartment building is about to be foreclosed on by the bank; most of his tenants are behind on rent; he's in big debt to bookies and his daughter's school. He finds some ill-gotten ...
Style:
harsh, serious, suspense, emotional, twisted ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, gangster, father daughter relationship, debt, lack of money, life is a bitch, mafia, money, violence, male protagonist, graphic violence, torture ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rabbit and Rongo, two dumb but kind-hearted criminals, want to help a young girl get the medical treatment she needs. Inspired by true crimes around the world, they attempt to raise money through a series of dumb plans and hopeless schemes.
Style:
entertaining, satirical, semi serious, captivating, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist gone wrong, criminal as protagonist, criminal, friendship between men, scheme, illness, lack of money, plan gone wrong, money, bandit, needing money, burglar ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.
Style:
realistic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, sincere ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, heist, cons and scams, dishonesty, ransom, lack of money, ex convict, charlie chaplin, trial, theft, extortion, small town ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three friends are in the entrance of a luxury home in the heart of the city. They are young, full of strength and energy, they have the talent, skill and thirst for life and ... - well, they have all but one. But money...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, captivating, psychological, independent film
Plot:
love, girlfriend, group of friends, lack of money, terminal illness, couple relations, couples, life philosophy, hopes, love story, destiny, friendship ...
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Chilean family deals with the new values in a quickly changing world.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, sincere
Plot:
family relations, social differences, family problems, parents and children, family life, hopes, human spirit, introspection, society, family in crisis, village, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. Rome, our days. Mariagration Ardengo and her children Michele and Carla are left without a livelihood. Mariagration's money-hungry lover Leo develops a plan to take the last ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
lovers, save the day, social problems, problem solving, relationship problems, family relations, family life, lack of money, greed, money problems, financial problem, greedy man ...
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Taking viewers back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the ...
Style:
inspirational, cynical, disturbing, sitcom, dark comedy ...
Plot:
wall street, financial crisis, stock market crash, direction and purpose, money, lack of money, finance, party, against the odds, stock exchange, black girl, gambling ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A dark and bloody parody about a Scooby-Doo-like team of paranormal investigators and their devoted dog..
Style:
captivating, semi serious, suspense, scary, mumblecore
Plot:
satanism, save the day, ghost hunter, haunted house, supernatural, lack of money, family secret, friendship, legend, halloween, satire, psycho killer ...
Is relevant?
744K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, saga, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, cruelty, prize, brutality, game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, graphic violence, violence, violent man, most dangerous game ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, pornographic
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
sex work, sexually liberated, sexual freedom, porn industry, porn star, nymphomaniac, adult filmmaking, porn actress, alternative lifestyle, sex for money, adult film industry, porn ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.
Style:
romantic, light, cute, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
love and romance, dating, love story, romantic relationship, looking for love, adolescence, high school, friendship, love, pretend relationship, teenager, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two sisters, their families, and sometimes complicated lives.
Style:
realistic, compassionate, sincere, cynical, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
direction and purpose, family relations, aspiring writer, rising to stardom, disorder, life turned upside down, sister sister relationship, price of fame, parent child relationship, working mom, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A good-looking but naive lad leaves his mountain village to try and make his way in Paris. He thinks maybe he will try acting but things don't go too well for him. Eventually he is forced to sell himself to men and though he meets an attractive ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
prostitution, sex, homosexual, male prostitution, young man, gay interest, male rape, rape, hustler, unrequited love, transvestite, sex work ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette ...
Style:
anthology, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage girl, beach, irony, maid, teen angst, unfaithfulness, cheating on boyfriend, coming of age, world war two, teenage pregnancy, passion, extramarital affair ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1950 ...
Place:
normandy, paris france, france
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a wealthy miser dies and leaves his fortune to Didi and five ...
Plot:
rich man, last will and testament, lack of money, nephew, money, heir, relatives, attempted murder, revenge, inheritance, escape, fortune ...
Place:
west berlin west germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot:
dark humor, prostitute, rise to the top, investigation, lifestyle, writer's life, obsession, journalism, destructive relationship, gender, prodigy, media satire ...
Time:
19th century, 70s
Place:
southern germany, munich germany, europe, central europe
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