Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "extreme-poverty"

1. I Walk the Line (1970)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 2,346

2. The Hunger (II) (2020)

90 min | Documentary, History

The Story of the Irish Famine of the 1840s.

Director: Ruán Magan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Cormac Ó'Gráda, Niamh Gallagher, Mary C. Kelly

Votes: 102

3. Oliver Twist (2022 Podcast Series)

Drama

Follows Oliver a young orphan of 19th century English workhouses who had a life of grinding poverty. After being evicted from the workhouse, he walks many miles to London and finds a whole new life with a gang of young pickpockets.

Stars: Patricia Allison, Kit Connor, Nicola Coughlan, Brian Cox

Votes: 54

4. Insiang (1976)

TV-14 | 95 min | Drama

The life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Hilda Koronel, Mona Lisa, Rez Cortez, Marlon Ramirez

Votes: 2,140

5. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley

Votes: 1,390

6. Boca de Lixo (1993)

50 min | Documentary

The daily routine of poor people of Itaoca, São Gonçalo, state of Rio de Janeiro, who make a living out of revolving garbage.

Director: Eduardo Coutinho

Votes: 132

7. Pentagon (2023)

47 min | Documentary

Film delves into life in small town "Pentagon" dormitory, housing low-income residents living in extreme poverty. Shot amid the Russian-Ukrainian war, it portrays their daily struggles, work, politics, and wartime experiences.

Votes: 17

8. Ladoni (1994)

140 min | Documentary

"My little son, it's me, your father..." The narrator tries to communicate with his unborn son and takes off on a journey were you see faces of apparitions of those outcasts, who find their... See full summary »

Director: Artour Aristakisian

Votes: 367

9. Return to Kandahar (2003)

65 min | Documentary

Nelofer Pazira returns to Afghanistan to find her lost friend.

Directors: Paul Jay, Nelofer Pazira

Votes: 111

10. A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.1 (2019)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Historian David Olusoga pays his first visit to Ravensworth Terrace and investigates a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal.

Director: Nicola Seare | Stars: David Olusoga, Deborah Sugg Ryan

Votes: 16

11. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Hollywood Royalty (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

Three actresses who come from Hollywood royalty, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow (whose segment is taken from Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Maps of the Stars (2016)) and Isabella Rossellini, learn their family histories.

Director: Sabin Streeter | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 50

12. Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1985)

Drama, Crime

Tulkinghorn inquires into the death of Nemo, whose handwriting was recognized by Lady Dedlock. Later, Gumpy expresses his feelings for Esther, to her discomfort. Finally, the wheels of justice at the Chancery are displayed.

Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, Donald Sumpter, Christopher Whitehouse

Votes: 14

13. Who Do You Think You Are? (2008– )
Episode: Julie Bishop (2020)

Documentary, Biography, History

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, learns about her heroic ancestor who joined the Royal Navy as a teen, and how extreme poverty of industrial England forced her other ancestors to find new life in Australia.

Stars: Julie Bishop, Richard Mellick

14. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Rising Road (1933-1939) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 155

15. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Storm (1920-1933) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

FDR's battle with polio. Eleanor's independence and political activism. Political division within the Roosevelt clan. FDR returns to politics in a big way. The Great Depression ends the Roaring Twenties. Assassin targets FDR.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin, George F. Will

Votes: 148

16. United Shades of America (2016–2022)
Episode: Native Americans (2017)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV

Kamau heads to the Dakotas to shed light on a population over which the United States has too long cast a shadow: the indigenous people we mistakenly call Native Americans.

Stars: Adam Beach, W. Kamau Bell, Ben-Alex Dupris, Chase Iron Eyes

Votes: 33

17. The Presidents (2005)
Episode: Wilson to F. Roosevelt (1913-1945) (2005)

Documentary, Biography, History

About US Presidents 28) Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), 29) Warren G. Harding (1921-1923), 30) Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929), 31) Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) and 32) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945).

Stars: Edward Herrmann, H.W. Brands, Alan Brinkley, Douglas Brinkley

Votes: 5

18. Who Do You Think You Are? (2010– )
Episode: Mandy Moore (2018)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Actress Mandy Moore is shocked to discover ancestors that lived in Australia, and travels far, determined to unlock the mystery of how they got there. She's touched by the courage of those ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Ekedahl | Star: Mandy Moore

Votes: 18

19. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Roots in Politics (2019)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Republican politicians Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio and Democratic politician Tulsi Gabbard learn surprising facts about their ancestors including how their own choice of career may have been unwittingly inspired by them.

Director: Hazel Gurland | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard

Votes: 34