Financial difficulty movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant financial difficulty movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, emotional, realistic, tense and melancholic films and TV shows about / with financial difficulty, resilience, slice of life, urban, working class, sacrifice, community, family drama, money problems and satire plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, India, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as financial difficulty: Cleaning Up (2019), A Lot Like Christmas (2021), Emi (2025), The Bachelor's Swan Song (1989), Another Day, Another Man (1966), Kudumbasthan (2025), The 8 Show (2024), Cemara's Family (2018), Homeless (2004), Wang’s Family (2013).
Best films
New films
| Boundary (2022) | 6.0 | |
| Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) | 6.1 | |
| Emi (2025) | 4.5 | |
| Sakshi (2023) | 6.4 | |
| On the Fringe (2022) | 6.6 |
List of financial difficulty movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This characterful drama focuses on an ordinary working class woman, Sam, who is caught between two worlds - the everyday life of a devoted and loving Mum and the darker, dangerous world of insider trading. While struggling with an online gambling ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot:
insider trading, gambling, debt collector, working class, mother daughter relationship, addiction, female protagonist, cleaning lady, money problems, gambler, information leak, money ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jessica Roberts owns the most popular Christmas Tree lot in the picturesque New England town of Hudson Springs. But when big-city marketing executive, Clay Moore moves a "Big Box" store into the area and starts selling trees, Jasmine finds ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating
Plot:
christmas, meet cute, betrayal, christmas tree lighting, small town, christmas present, financial difficulty, male female relationship, love story, relationships, couple relations, love affair ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The hero of our story takes a car, a bike, and an EMI for his girlfriend, believing that EMI is an easy loan. After a few months, he loses his job, so he is unable to pay the EMI, and he is in trouble. As a result, his friends who have been cheating ...
Style:
emotional, tense, grim
Plot:
loan, debt, financial difficulty, working class, unemployment, relationships, sacrifice, betrayal, moral dilemma, resilience, redemption, stress ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Kenny and Maggie, lovers of long standing, have been scrimping and saving for their marriage. One day Maggie suspects that she is pregnant, and suggests an early wedding. Kenny is thunder struck as he has just lost his every cent in the stock market.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, tension, sentimental ...
Plot:
financial difficulty, young couple, domestic drama, conflict, wedding preparations and rituals, sacrifice, bittersweet, moral dilemma, unplanned pregnancy, intimate, working class, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, unable to find a job and with bills piling up, runs into a ...
Style:
grindhouse, grim, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
financial difficulty, illness, desperation, domestic drama, moral dilemma, poverty, female protagonist, sacrifice, survival, urban, social realism, gender roles ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Naveen's relationship with his parents becomes strained after he marries a oppressed-caste girl. Though they eventually reconcile, his sudden unemployment puts him in a difficult position. As financial pressures mount, Naveen must navigate ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, dark comedy
Plot:
debt, unemployment, family drama, financial difficulty, middle class, everyday life, family values, social realism, reconciliation, sacrifice, male protagonist, moral dilemma ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous show where they earn money as time passes.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, game show, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival game, reality competition, social commentary, survival, financial difficulty, prize money, social experiment, strategy, desperation, isolation, human nature, claustrophobia ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After bankruptcy, Abah and Emak must adapt to a new life with their children in a remote village.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, sincere, light, heartfelt ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
resilience, sacrifice, loss, poverty, dysfunctional family, family relations, village, love, bankruptcy, family bonds, financial difficulty, family values ...
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
TV show
Story:
A poor family struggling to have a better life but involved in a greater problem.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, heartfelt ...
Plot:
satire, family drama, financial difficulty, struggle for survival, social issues, poverty, family life, lifestyle, relationships, problem, social problems, family problems ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Wang Subak, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, had married into a wealthy family. But after her husband Ko Minjung goes bankrupt, she and her family have to move back into her parents' home. Second daughter Hobak is also having financial ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, large family, family bonds, financial difficulty, family drama, eccentric family, parents and children, family problems, lifestyle, family life, social problems, society ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three divorced fathers are forced to live together.
Style:
captivating, humorous, psychological, disturbing, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
father, roommate, working class, financial difficulty, parents and children, family relations, love and romance, living together, divorced parents, male female relationship, kids and family, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rome italy
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876
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Farhana, a devout Muslim woman and mother in a middle class family, with her family's consent, takes a call center job . Although the job gives Farhana freedom, it also leads her into a web of danger, when an individual who captivates her with ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological
Plot:
workplace, job, mother, motherhood, new job, financial difficulty, working woman, money, finance, money problems, middle class, working mom ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An Atlanta real estate mogul as he faces sudden bankruptcy, and tries to defend his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.
Style:
bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
town, journey, politics, male female relationship, relationships, social relations, financial difficulty, workplace, co worker co worker relationship, job, couple relations, coping ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Darren, Lou, Jo and Mas live a meager existence on the fringes of poverty. Indebted to the criminal kingpin of their social housing development, they routinely fear for their lives. On the other side of town, the already wealthy Marcus and his ...
Style:
suspenseful, dread, scary, tense, captivating
Plot:
home invasion, lottery ticket, poverty, debt, poor, lottery, money problems, money, beggar, misery, financial difficulty, needing money ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rachel decides to take her three year old daughter to daycare. As the days pass, the woman feels that the teacher turns too with her daughter, reaching an almost obsessive relationship.
Style:
bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
abused child, hidden camera, kidnapping, therapy, father figure, children, jealousy, financial problem, child, mother and daughter, financial difficulty, daughter ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A ruthless moneylender must tackle a wicked man's plan to outsmart his way out of the debt to achieve what's rightfully his.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
finance, life, business and finance, financial problem, money, brutality, financial difficulty, debt, financier, violent man, retribution, revenge ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea completely changes her and her family.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, uplifting, inspirational
Plot:
single mother, baking, hardship, financial problem, family drama, motherhood, foreclosure, cooking and food, social problems, female protagonist, single parent, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Hannah and Daniel are in their 40's , both musicians. She is french and he is quebecer living in Montreal. They live by their music, reviving Synagogal french music composed between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th., genuine ...
Style:
emotional, art house, tension, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
musician, financial difficulty, couples, intimate, resilience, introspection, commitment, nostalgia, identity, rehearsal, music band, singing ...
Place:
montreal, quebec
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A man unsatisfied in his job decides to start a taxi service
Style:
independent film, comedy drama, grindhouse, road movie, period piece
Plot:
taxi, working class, struggle, city life, blue collar, financial difficulty, ambition, perseverance, entrepreneurship, career change, transportation, humanity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san diego california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy
Style:
independent film, satirical, experimental, absurd, dark comedy ...
Plot:
creative process, financial difficulty, sculpture, character study, social commentary, obsession, nudity, ambition, identity crisis, city life, satire, relationships ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman's husband leaves her and their three daughters. Years later she sets out to find him and get him to pay back child support.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
family drama, single mother, resilience, search for father, financial difficulty, female protagonist, reconciliation, everyday life, healing, working class, intimate, betrayal ...
Place:
virginia
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Genre: Family
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Manasa and Chaitanya are engaged to be married, but when Chaitanya quits his job, will the wedding go through?
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, uplifting
Plot:
family drama, bonding, financial difficulty, relationships, resilience, engagement, marriage, support, perseverance, family conflict, sacrifice, struggle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
When Kang Yeo-Won was a university student, she dreamed of becoming a reporter. An unexpected pregnancy, caused her to change that dream. She is now a housewife and she is busy taking care of her troublemaker in-laws, raising her child and managing ...
Style:
dorama, feel good, humorous, entertaining, witty ...
Plot:
family drama, family relations, relationships, family bonds, drastic change of life, housewife, love affair, attorney, family problems, family life, kids and family, parenting ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a barely famous person
Style:
psychological, humorous, captivating, art house, comedy drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
aspiration, ambition, identity, self discovery, showbiz, struggling artist, character study, celebrity culture, family problems, blind ambition, social problems, money problems ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A poor single mother, who is trying to turn her life around, is thrust into a fight for survival when her ex-husband relapses and spirals out of control.
Style:
tense, suspense
Plot:
single mother, female protagonist, parenthood, addiction, family drama, poverty, determination, survival, financial difficulty, realism, confrontation, resilience ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hapless Insurance Loss Adjuster - Martin Dyer - feels his life is spiralling out of control but discovers that even when you reach rock bottom, that some clouds really do have a silver lining.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
christmas, satire, love and romance, marital problem, christmas season, financial problem, money problems, husband wife relationship, breakup, relationship problems, love affair, lifestyle change ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The original, 8-episode series by eminent theatre artists - Monika Strzępka and Paweł Demirski about what is going on behind-the-scenes of one of the muncipial theatres in Warsaw. The story also can be read as an ambiguous metaphor, where artistic ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, political ...
Plot:
theatre director, theater, ambition, satire, employer employee relationship, coping, ambitious man, workplace, workplace situations, theatre group, creative process, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lembi.. a poor lawyer who marries a school teacher and he causes her troubles due to his bad financial status, and then he meets with an accident which changes the way he was living....
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom ...
Plot:
satire, lawyer, legal, hotshot lawyer, advanced technology, attorney, technology, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, law and order, financial difficulty ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life's complexities after his professional career is over.
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nfl, starting over, self discovery, introspection, love affair, hopes, homecoming, unfulfillment, football, male protagonist, father son relationship, financial difficulty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
This film is a tale of a willing loser, a good everyday guy who constantly sticks to his principles, fails, and finally takes a drastic step when his family urges him to sacrifice everything he stands for,to give his children what they want.
Style:
philosophical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, heartfelt ...
Plot:
feminist, moral dilemma, family drama, family values, sacrifice, philosopher, philosophy, social problems, life, money problems, financial difficulty, honesty ...
Place:
india
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