Homelessness Movies

A sweeping look at the history and causes of the current homeless crisis in Los Angeles and an intimate view of the tireless advocates who strive to...

A musician who lost his hands falls for a woman whose technologically adept friends help him make a comeback.

Located in Carcavelos, Quinta Nova de Santo António, or Quinta dos Ingleses, as it is recognized by the population, shelters a small community...

​​After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged...

The Hans Christian Andersen classic is given present-day relevance and an upbeat ending in this story of Angela, a homeless child who sells...

Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears

A Hong Kong pastor faces an impossible test of faith when the young man responsible for his daughter's death arrives at his church seeking both...

A documentary about homeless people living in Switzerland.

Ji-so is a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plans to steal a wealthy...

In 1997, a group of college misfits invite an unhoused professor to crash on their porch.

THE DEPARTMENT is a feature documentary which takes us inside the never-before-seen child protection system at work in NSW. Filmed in an...

A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his...

Yuta lives in an orphanage while waiting for her mother to pick her up. One day, Yuta, who happened to know his mother's whereabouts, escaped from...

Several street children in Berlin talk about their daily life, referring not only to drug addiction and physical/traumatic injuries, but also to...

Following director Rotimi Rainwater, a former homeless youth, as he travels the country to shine a light on the epidemic of youth homelessness in...

Just out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn’t get much time to settle in. The...

The story of 4 unlikely housemates. Through years of strife and misadventure, this bunch redefines what it means to be a family.

A young girl named Wendy becomes homeless. She faces trials and tribulations through this new lifestyle but manages to keep her humility.

To escape her abusive husband, garbage collector Gal packs her two young children, Rihanna and Benin, onto the top of her cart and heads across...