Homelessness Movies

Oliver flees from abuse of his family and seeks refuge in the violent streets of Caracas, where survival is only possible in an environment of...

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

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

Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There...

Documentary tells the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful...

Los Angeles' Skid Row is home to one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. And we found, inside that community, the remarkable...

A homeless woman living in the tunnels below New York City survives on her own terms in the days leading up to a blizzard.

Homelessness in the United States takes many forms. For Elizabeth Herrera, David Lima and their four children, housing instability has meant moving...

Jörg is one of the many homeless living near the Vatican. But there is something unusual about him: he appears and talks like a sort of holy...

Julie, a teen who died from a PCP overdose in the early '70s, searches from beyond the grave for her younger brother Bob, who now in the '90s is an...

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

As Niagara Falls transformed from honeymoon capital of the world to Las Vegas North, corporate hotel chains and casinos cast a long shadow over the...

While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a...

How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team...

Where we come from shapes who we are, and how others see us. Home gives us a sense of belonging and stability. It’s so much more than just a...

After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog until she decides to volunteer at a soup kitchen. There...

From the 17th floor of an office building, Pierre is staring out a colleague that is here for hours.

A celebrity reflects on his dark rise to fame.

Street Life documents the lives of Chinese migrants in Shanghai, one of the world’s largest and most vibrant cities, now symbolic of...

'Boykee' is a drug addict from the streets of Rotterdam, who manages to get himself into some serious trouble and he' s looking for a way out. Lea, a...