Homelessness Movies

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.

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...

Inspired by real stories, a young pastor, through a harsh winter in a small Texas town, follows his mission to help the homeless is faced with...

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain an estimated four million children have found themselves living on the streets in the former countries of the...

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...

Cult director Richard Stanley brings Marillion's music to the screen in the 50-minute BRAVE. A teenager believed to be suicidal is discovered...

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

A gothic tale of mysticism and violent crime. Two women go out into the fringe of rural culture to seek a revelation. They get trapped in a fierce...

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

The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live...

The life of 16-year-old Mot is thrown into disarray when his father leaves the family. In protest, Mot brings home a homeless woman and declares that...

Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social...

Lift shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet...

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

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...

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...

This film not only lays bare the brutal realities that people experiencing homelessness face, but also highlights the true value of Crisis and its...

14-year-old Enid Crowley hates her name and everything about her boring life. All this changes when she becomes a full-time babysitter to a sheltered...

In 1995, teen runaways Eddie and Miles are sent to New York City to deliver on a drug deal with the promise of easy money and a place to live. But...

Amy is taken on a impromptu camping trip by her Dad on her 15th Birthday. Along with her little brother, the endless summer turns into an inescapable...