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The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)

PG-13
| 1h 57min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 4,623 votes)

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

Hummingbird(2013)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 740 votes)

Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

Inland Empire(2006)

R
| 3h | Mystery, Drama, Horror
3.5/5 (with 493 votes)

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.

Amores Perros(2000)

R
| 2h 34min | Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 1,097 votes)

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

Bulletproof Monk(2003)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
2.7/5 (with 396 votes)

A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.

Acts of Vengeance(2017)

R
| 1h 27min | Thriller, Action, Drama
3.0/5 (with 241 votes)

A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.

Run Lola Run(1998)

R
| 1h 21min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 945 votes)

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

Stuart: A Life Backwards(2007)

1h 32min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 74 votes)

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

Drillbit Taylor(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 442 votes)

Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully, not realising he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.

Armored(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 28min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 282 votes)

A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.

Curly Sue(1991)

3.2/5 (with 247 votes)

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.

Cosmopolis(2012)

R
| 1h 49min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 547 votes)

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

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The Professional(1981)

3.6/5 (with 213 votes)

French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.

100 Yen Love(2014)

1h 53min | Drama, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 25 votes)

Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...

Directed by Masaharu Take - With Sakura Andō

The Fisher King(1991)

R
| 2h 18min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 572 votes)

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)

R
| 1h 58min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 184 votes)

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue(1947)

NR
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 27 votes)

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

Basquiat(1996)

1h 48min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 125 votes)

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue(1970)

R
| 2h 1min | Comedy, Western, Action
3.5/5 (with 85 votes)

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills(1986)

R
| 1h 43min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 106 votes)

Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

Sullivan's Travels(1941)

NR
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 185 votes)

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

Miracle in Milan(1951)

1h 40min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 90 votes)

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Toto leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. The squatters discover oil in the land and Toto sees a vision of the old woman who gives him a magic dove that will grant him anything he wishes.

With Honors(1994)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 86 votes)

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

La Vie de Bohème(1992)

3.8/5 (with 47 votes)

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.

The Lovers on the Bridge(1991)

3.7/5 (with 139 votes)

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.

Vagabond(1985)

1h 45min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 120 votes)

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.

Shelter(2014)

1h 45min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 43 votes)

Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.

Kooky(2010)

3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear named Kooky. That night Ondra dreams that Kooky is determined to find his way back home from the dump. In the boy's fantasy, the bear gets lost in a forest occupied by strange animals and remarkable beings that he never heard of while living on the toy shelf in Ondra's room. And of course even in this small imaginary world, true good exists as does real evil, which Kooky must face up to in order to become a real hero.

Same Kind of Different as Me(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 59min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 111 votes)

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To(2020)

1h 29min | Drama, Horror
3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.

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