Homelessness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant homelessness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, touching and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with homelessness, homeless, society, poverty, life is a bitch, family relations, friendship, urban, homeless man and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as homelessness: Mammal (2016), Shelter (2014), Rosie (2018), Between Us (2009), Curly Sue (1991), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007), Desert Flower (2009), Vagabond (1985), Maid (2021).
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List of homelessness movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, bleak, tragic, f word
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, sex with teenager, older woman teenage boy relationship, older woman younger man sex, male female relationship, homelessness, older woman teenage boy sex, relationship problems, tragic event, tragic past, relationships, family tragedy ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Hannah 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.
Style:
touching, captivating, realistic, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
homelessness, black man white woman sex, black man white woman relationship, homeless, sexual favor, lovers, drug, love and romance, couples, society, emaciation, junkie ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A mother strives to shield her young family from their new reality when their landlord sells the property and renders them homeless.
Style:
thought provoking, rough, suspenseful, touching, psychological
Plot:
homeless shelter, homelessness, mother daughter relationship, family relations, society, love and romance, friendship, betrayal, rescue, hopes, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City. Sebastian Villada, Laura ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
poverty, immigrant, family relations, urban setting, human spirit, starting over, family problems, working class, hopes, life is a bitch, american dream, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, new york, colombia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she ...
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
homeless, orphan, destiny, daughter, cons and scams, little girl, homelessness, kindness, homeless shelter, urban, single father, rags to riches ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of ...
Style:
bleak, independent film, political, inspirational, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, homeless shelter, homelessness, schizophrenia, homeless man, death, murder, photograph, photography, friendship, street life, street kid ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
homeless, bullying, male friendship, homelessness, addiction, male bonding, biopic, suicide, abuse, tragic hero, human nature, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Austria, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
supermodel, life is a bitch, immigrant, feminism, injustice, model, fashion, homelessness, un, female protagonist, circumcision, african ...
Time:
year 1997, year 2009, 60s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, indiana, europe, london ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking ...
Style:
road movie, thought provoking, disturbing, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
homeless, solitude, freeze to death, homelessness, death, drifter, rural setting, death of protagonist, cold weather, wanderer, feminist, wine ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
france, south of france, europe, paris france, morocco ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by the powerful New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land, Maid will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to - barely - make ends meet as she battles ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, deep, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
homelessness, single mother, children, memories, life, poor family, custody, sexualized violence, sexual abuse, job, life is a bitch, domestic violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, USA, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
mentor protege relationship, homelessness, homeless, friendship, heart attack, failed suicide, friends, redemption, social misfits, misfit, drifter, human nature ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, san francisco, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
homeless, wealth, goofy hero, satire, poverty, homelessness, businessman, rags to riches, self discovery, survival, switching roles, social differences ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
van, homeless, motor home, on the road, loss of job, road trip, nomad, journey, desert, homelessness, skinny dipping, healing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 90s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
nevada, nebraska, arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When his father flees from debt, carefree college student Osamu sees his life turn upside-down. Expelled from school and evicted from his apartment, he becomes one of Japan’s many ‘net cafe refugees’, barely scraping by each day with temporary ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
homelessness, poverty, alienation, homeless, life is a bitch, father son estrangement, manhunt, social problems, estrangement, refugee, swashbuckler, social misfits ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
homelessness, single mother, female protagonist, poverty, social problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, family relations, relationship problems, poor family, family problems, social issues ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
homelessness, satire, nothing goes right, social differences, social relations, rich and poor, society, charity, social satire, social experiment, socially awkward, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mondo is a homeless young boy, with a big smile, who wanders around Nice looking for food and a place to sleep.
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, touching
Plot:
boy, homelessness, orphan, homeless, coming of age, child, beggar, hobo, tramp, little boy, gypsy, youth ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nice france, french riviera, france, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect with the daughter he abandoned, he navigates the system, hustling for change and somewhere safe ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, emotional, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
homeless, homeless shelter, homelessness, down on your luck, estrangement, social decay, society, hopes, life is a bitch, redemption, parents and children, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, sad, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
music, schizophrenia, prodigy, musician, happy ending, homeless, street musician, journalism, cello, mental disorder, friendship, mental health ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york, ohio
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot:
homelessness, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, family relations, misfit, unemployment, social misfits, society, family problems, poverty, hardship, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street ...
Style:
funny, sentimental, feel good, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
friendship, orphan, adoption, cat, dog, kitten, stealing food, criminal, urban setting, alone, happy ending, tragedy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state, america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Style:
slasher, ambiguous ending, terrifying, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
murder, painting, artist, serial killer, punk rock, painter, anger, homeless man, homelessness, church, insomnia, dream ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Stars are everything, granting abilities to Tamers. So when Ivy was born without one, her village took it as an ill omen! Now banished, she leads a lonely life of salvaging rubbish to survive. That is until she befriends Sora, a weak little slime, ...
Style:
anime, captivating, iyashikei, epic fantasy
Plot:
isekai, fantasy world, slime, magic, magical, magical creature, teamwork, journey, friends, monster, female protagonist, adventure hero ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Forced out of home by his religious mother for being gay, Ethan leaves Michigan for Hollywood to pursue his acting dreams. But he soon finds himself spiraling into drugs, prostitution, and homelessness.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
hollywood, homelessness, drug abuse, gay lead character, gay, lgbt, gay slur, sexuality, addiction, lgbtq, social problems, social outcast ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When her husband has a mental breakdown and goes missing, a determined woman and her young son set out to find him on the streets, sparking a movement of compassion towards those in need and inspiring a city.
Style:
emotional, touching, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, homelessness, missing person, fishing, husband, son, social issues, compassion, mother son relationship, empathy, family drama, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Join Jason on a chemically enhanced trip through the streets of Dublin as he stumbles from one misguided adventure to another. Somewhere between the DJs, decks, drug busts and hilltop raves, he stumbles across a familiar face from the past, his ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, psychological, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
homelessness, dj, brother brother relationship, drug, heroin addiction, drug use, lifestyle, brothers, drug addict, brother brother reunion, urban setting, brotherhood ...
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
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