Homelessness Movies

Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters...

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings...

A late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.

After Murat is released from prison, he will do illegal deeds to help street kids.

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Every day, on the streets of Canada's cities, we pass them on our way to work or school. Bums, beggars, winos, bag people we call them. But who is...

This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life....

A group of individuals who unexpectedly fall into homelessness. They bond together as an unconventional family, struggling to survive on the streets...

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart...

Through the eyes of a young drifter who rejects society's rules and intentionally chooses to live on the streets, Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang...

In 2008, feature documentary, The Oasis, shocked Australia with its gritty insight into the lives of homeless teens at a notorious youth refuge in...

Based on the journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.

A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.

A seedy downtown bar on a quiet Sunday morning becomes a battleground for Armageddon, when a batch of bad booze contaminates the alcohol supply of...

Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that...

Stonewall veterans (including prominent trans activist Sylvia Rivera) and HIV-positive New Yorkers take up residency on the Hudson River piers as...

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...

Assaf wasn’t brought up by his father, and when he dies, he meets his family for the first time, and as the only son, he’s revealed as...