Homelessness Movies

In the district of Kristineberg in Stockholm there is an abandoned hotel that the young film makers Roxane and Moa often pass by. In believing that...

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

Beat Goes On is an impressionistic portrait of the activist Keith Cylar (1958–2004), co-founder of Housing Works and a central figure in the...

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

Whilst saving up for a hotel, a homeless man is robbed and must find a place to sleep.

An indomitable spray dog takes as its territory the "home" of Matthew, a beggar immersed in solitude.

A look at the homeless problem in Manchester

32 year old female boxer Steluta Duta tries to buy her own home by winning boxing match after boxing match only to find her life is a continuous...

Homeless student in New York City documents her family struggles.

Stonewall veterans (including prominent trans activist Sylvia Rivera) and HIV-positive New Yorkers take up residency on the Hudson River piers as...

After the death of his grandmother, an 18 year-old boy lives in a homeless shelter.

Waifs, homeless, derelicts, almsmen, others, forgettens, outcasts, unwanteds. The Hotel of Waifs; a temporary resting place far from home, an...

A documentary about homeless people living in Switzerland.

SHELTER IN THE CITY is a documentary about homelessness that focuses on a father’s heartbreaking struggle to get his mentally ill son off the...

The film is set on the streets of Groningen and highlights the intimate and invisible parts of Joram, his work and his studio: the street. Both the...

A collaborative video and activism project between long-time community filmmaker Rebecca Garrett and Sanctuary, a church community drop-in, evolves...

Filmed over a number of years, David Vondráček’s powerful documentary records the lives of Jan and Jana, a homeless couple who find...

A homeless Irish girl encounters a series of men who appear strikingly similar to each other