Homeless movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant homeless movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sincere, psychological and emotional films and TV shows about / with homeless, homelessness, poverty, society, runaway, storytelling, homeless man, life is a bitch, nude and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as homeless: The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), Sauvage (2018), Monster (2003), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Nomadland (2020), Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007), Melody (2014), Shelter (2014), Up & Away (2012), Gimme Shelter (2013).
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
homeless, homeless teenager, against the odds, drug addict, youth, starting over, university, family problems, dysfunctional family, hopes, society, aids ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, america, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life ...
Style:
romantic, enigmatic, art house, atmospheric, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
homeless, beggar, painting, love story, painter, crazy love, couple relations, fall in love, boat, water skiing, loneliness, love affair ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here... longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.
Style:
erotic, rough, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, male prostitute, violence, male nudity, gay interest, naked man, gay sex, gay hustler, sex work, male pubic hair, homeless, passion ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
france
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172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, female serial killer, homeless, prostitute, lesbian love, murder, mental illness, female killer, couples, rape, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
florida, usa, michigan, miami, ohio
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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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216K
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: 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
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Melody, 28 years old, a confused child born under the name X, decides to rent out her body in order to get the money she needs to realize her dream: opening a hair-dressing salon. To do so, she accepts to carry the child of Emily, a rich English ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, pregnancy, hairdresser, homeless, follow your dream, money, baby, social differences, social relations, hopes, locked in, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, belgium, europe
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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: Adventure, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This is a story about two homeless brothers (Zana, 7) and (Dana, 10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, serious, sincere, sad ...
Plot:
homeless, brother brother relationship, hopes, kurd, survival, coming of age, siblings relations, follow your dream, family relations, life is a bitch, dictatorship, child ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, iraq, kurdistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
abusive mother, pregnancy, homeless, abuse, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, survival, starting over, pregnant teenager, family problems, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, black comedy, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
music, homeless, musician, loneliness, musician's life, cat, character study, depression, financial problem, aspiring singer, road trip, melancholy ...
Time:
60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, indiana, chicago, somalia ...
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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
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25K
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: 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: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
cat, homeless, human animal relationship, street musician, pet cat, guitarist, addiction, drug addict, friendship, animal actor, singer, musician ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style:
witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot:
homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, catholic, nun, cemetery, poverty, van, social differences, homelessness, old woman ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Style:
sincere, emotional, harsh, rough, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homeless, redemption, poverty, youth, dysfunctional family, baby, black market, going straight, social decay, society, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 90s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, france, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Style:
terrifying, cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
homeless, train, railway, great depression, drifter, locomotive, villain, hobo, homeless man, history lesson, politics, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1933, year 1973
Place:
oregon, usa, turkey
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11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery ...
Style:
touching, intense, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
homeless, alcohol abuse, redemption, halloween, mental disorder, female nudity, alcoholic, couple relations, rich and poor, parents and children, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 1900s, year 1987, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
16K
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: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, road movie, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
college, friendship, homeless, homeless man, happy ending, college student, youth, campus, father son relationship, law school, justice, graduation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, future
Place:
massachusetts, harvard university, usa, boston, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.
Style:
touching, psychological, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
orphan, homeless, mischievous children, on the run, family problems, family life, custody, homeless teenager, single parent, youth, dealing with death, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Homeless woman Yvonne Caldwell is a woman with good reason to be bitter: she has lost everything except her two beloved dogs, Bebe and Man-Man. With her one friend, Wes, Caldwell lives the daily struggle of being homeless in Los Angeles until a ...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
homeless, homelessness, friendship, homeless woman, police officer, dog, human animal relationship, life is a bitch, kindness, black woman, cancer, alcoholic ...
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11K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.
Style:
dark comedy, sexy, disturbing, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
survival, dark humor, homeless, taxi, female protagonist, nightclub, trapped, psychopath, murder, introspection, vengeance, moral dilemma ...
Place:
california, new jersey, canada, texas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy Dave is a hard working business man, his wife is only interested in yoga, aerobics and other meditation classes, and he sleeps with the house maid. Their teenage son is ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, laugh out loud, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
homeless, dog, satire, dysfunctional family, swimming, closeted gay, wealth, hobo, thanksgiving, homeless man, homelessness, suicide attempt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
drug addict, gay teenager, abusive parent, homeless, teenager, couples, murder, runaway, hiv, flashback sequence, love, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, homeless, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, working class, forceful separation, redemption, neglect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, usa, new york, africa
Is relevant?
420
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A 20-year-old homeless girl is suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome on the streets of Hollywood and Venice beach.
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
homeless, juvenile delinquency, society, youth, haunted by the past, orphan, street life, survival, life is a bitch, trouble, poverty, criminality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, italy, texas, venice
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen, Randy Dupree loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed couple almost permanently -- as their houseguest. But the longer Dupree camps out on their couch, ...
Style:
funny, romantic, entertaining, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
nothing goes right, wedding, stupidity, sarcasm, twists and turns, couple relations, homeless, drinking, best friend, father in law, life philosophy, school teacher ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
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