Homelessness Movies

A documentary about homeless people living in Switzerland.

A homeless man regularly attends a place where children play ball every afternoon. A caring link develops between them which drives him to change his...

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

In search of her estranged husband, a mother brings her 3 children to Los Angeles in the hope of finding him. With no prospects they wander the...

After a drug arrest, a college-bound young man spends a night in jail with a cellmate whose life initially seems far removed from his own.

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

After being kicked out of his strict Mormon home, 17-year-old AJ finds himself lost on the streets of Atlanta. Desperate and naive, he’s taken...

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

No Place to Grow Old is the first documentary to capture a growing crisis unfolding quietly across America: older adults aging into homelessness. Set...

Poor high school students Toivo Päiviö and Unto Uramo solve their housing problems by enrolling in Sofia Andersson's boarding school. Toivo...

Examines the intergenerational impact of addiction by chronicling the love, labor, loss, and uncertainty of one woman’s struggle to live a life...

A mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell.

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

Hare enlists four brave friends to help him reclaim his home from the wily Fox.

Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close...

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...

Small town girl Marcy comes to LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on Search for a Star. Instead, with little money and no...

Shot in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the documentary looks at what really happens with the money donated to help with disaster aid.

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