For decades, Italian Neorealism has been the reference point for those film-maker who dealt with themes like poverty and destitution. Connected to these topics, this list is a also a collection of films whose main characters are homeless and vagabonds, by choice or by accident. We can find, for instance, The Kid by Charlie Chaplin and the recent A Street Cat Named Bob. Here are also listed films in which the decay, rather than being economic, is way more cultural and social.
The best movies about Poverty, Urban Blight, Homelessness.