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51. The Good Side of Life! (2016)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Looking for his estranged biological mother, a young man and his donkey travel to the big city; at the same time, the rich widow is looking for him, all for the concern of her ambitious niece who craves her wealth.
Stars: Sergio Guizé, Débora Nascimento, Flávia Alessandra, Eliane Giardini
Votes: 233
52. Aap ki Kaneez (2014–2015)
Crime, Drama, Family
Shah Mir Afandi lives in the past with the memories of his beloved late wife. But his marriage to Kaneez changes everything.
Stars: Yumna Zaidi, Atiqa Odho, Shamim Hilaly, Sohail Asghar
Votes: 16
53. The Under-Pup (1939)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first ridiculed and scorned because of her background, she determines to ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Gloria Jean, Robert Cummings, Nan Grey, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 102
54. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 59
55. A Boy's Life (2003)
77 min | Documentary
Follows a Mississippi family's attempts to deal with an increasingly violent and erratic child.
Directors: Rory Kennedy, Nick Doob | Stars: Robanna Fason, Benji Oliver, Robert Oliver, Anna Threadgill
Votes: 182
56. Utolsó padban (1976 TV Movie)
57 min | Drama, Family
A young Gypsy girl moves to the city with her family, only to be faced with racial prejudice.
Director: Márta Kende | Stars: Etelka Imre, Ernõ Mitzi, Sándor Téri, Ferenc Zenthe
Votes: 42
57. Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Family
A family struggling to get by during the Depression expects another presentless Christmas until the father brings home a dollar for them to spend on presents.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Brian Krause, Nancy Stafford, Danielle C. Ryan, Heather Beers
Votes: 707
58. Galerianki (2009)
82 min | Drama
Shopping malls are today's places of creating desires with the best jewelry, clothes and shoes. Unaffordable to young girls who decide to "work" to get themselves sponsors for new items.
Director: Katarzyna Roslaniec | Stars: Anna Karczmarczyk, Dagmara Krasowska, Dominika Gwit, Magdalena Ciurzynska
Votes: 2,446
59. Daughters of Destiny (2017– )
60 min | Documentary
Oscar-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth follows a group of rural India's most disadvantaged children over the course of seven years.
Stars: Shilpa Anthony Raj, Abraham George, Mariam George, Ajit George
Votes: 1,025
60. Zhenitba Balzaminova (1964)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Listening to the sweet sound of the crazy old woman's song "Dobraya, dobraya!" curly dreamer can't decide to marry.
Director: Konstantin Voinov | Stars: Georgiy Vitsin, Lyudmila Shagalova, Lidiya Smirnova, Ekaterina Savinova
Votes: 770
61. The Girl of the Neighbourhood (1954)
92 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In the shadow of Acropolis, an honest man dreams of marrying the charming daughter of a poor pedlar; however, a chance encounter with a professional philanderer will fill her heart with delusions of grandeur. Are they meant to be together?
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Smaroula Giouli, Orestis Makris, Giorgos Foundas, Dimitris Nikolaidis
Votes: 32
62. Skint (2013– )
Documentary
A true account of life on an English housing estate. With those on Government handouts, drugs, booze & long-term unemployment.
Stars: Ralph Ineson, Steven Hartley, Steve Speirs
Votes: 60
63. Lavete theseis (1973)
87 min | Drama
In Filiatra, a half deserted township of Messinia, farmers who are left are in a constant struggle to pay off their debts to the Agricultural Bank.
Director: Thodoros Maragos | Stars: Vangelis Kazan, Hristos Tolios, Kostas Tsakonas, Vasilis Tsipidis
Votes: 62
64. The Girl with the Fairytales (1956)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl, who lives in a poor neighborhood with her little brother, falls in love with a rich young man.
Director: Andreas Labrinos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Alekos Alexandrakis, Christoforos Nezer, Giannis Gionakis
Votes: 122
65. The Lamb (2014)
87 min | Drama, Family
As Eastern Anatolian village tradition requires, 27-year-old Medine must serve oven-roasted lamb at her 5-year-old son Mert's circumcision feast.
Director: Kutlug Ataman | Stars: Erdal Yildiz, Taner Birsel, Sila Lara Cantürk, Nesrin Cavadzade
Votes: 696
66. Otra en mi (1996–1997)
43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The story of the twins Liliana and Valentina that get separated at birth and end up rivaling for the love of the same man.
Stars: Géraldine Zivic, Mauro Urquijo, Ana María Kámper, Sebastián Ospina
Votes: 28
67. Un rincón cerca del cielo (1952)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor man goes to the capital of México. He founds a woman, gets married, and has a life of love but also of poverty.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Pedro Infante, Marga López, Andrés Soler, Antonio Aguilar
Votes: 235
68. The Begger (1983)
120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Hassanein is a poor illiterate man who leaves his village and moves to city to live with his maternal uncle and his family.
Directors: Malak Andraws, Ahmad El-Sabawi, Ibrahim Fathy, Ahmed Al Sabaawi | Stars: Adel Emam, Essad Youniss, Zakaria Mouafi, Sayed Zayan
Votes: 875
69. Cairo 30 (1966)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Mahgoub Abdel Dayem a young nihilistic college student, having his father crippled with no other source of income, he finds himself in an urgent need of a job after graduation to support ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Suad Husni, Ahmad Mazhar, Hamdy Ahmed, Ahmed Tawfik
Votes: 661
70. The Mother and the Law (1919)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A re-edited version of the 'modern' story from Intolerance (1916).
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Vera Lewis
Votes: 247
71. Tokyo ESP (2014)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Rinka is a poor student struggling to support her father. Her world changes after witnessing a flying penguin and a school of fish swimming in the air. When one of the fish passes through Rinka, she suddenly develops extraordinary powers.
Stars: Ibuki Kido, Keisuke Kômoto, Sarah Wiedenheft, Bryan Massey
Votes: 308
72. Valparaíso, mi amor (1969)
90 min | Drama
A poor Valparaiso family faces a tough life after the father is sent to prison.
Director: Aldo Francia | Stars: Hugo Cárcamo, Sara Astica, Rigoberto Rojo, Liliana Cabrera
Votes: 193
73. Güler Misin Aglar Misin (1975)
93 min | Comedy
A clumsy receptionist falls for the daughter of a poor family whose house is set next to a high class hotel on the beach. He befriends with a co-worker of her father's from the hotel ... See full summary »
Director: Osman F. Seden | Stars: Zeki Alasya, Metin Akpinar, Kadir Savun, Ali Sen
Votes: 996
74. Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (1930)
21 min | Documentary, Drama
"Misery and Fortune of Women", is a portrait about abortion and the realities of women from different backgrounds. Eisenstein captures stories revolving abortion (desired process or others ... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Tisse | Stars: Walburga Gmür, Johannes Steiner
Votes: 121
75. Sabarmati (1969)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Romance
A spoiled girl from a rich family decides to prove to her father her independence by running away from home.
Director: Hiren Nag | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Supriya Choudhury, Mrityunjay Bandyopadhyay, Jyotsna Banerjee
Votes: 47
76. The Shoe-Shine Boy (1962)
92 min | Drama
A small loustrakos manages with perseverance and the help of a lawyer to acquit his mother, unjustly accused of the death of her boss .
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Dimitris Papamichael, Miranda Kounelaki, Rita Myrat, Despo Diamantidou
Votes: 217
77. El hijo de nadie (1946)
118 min | Drama, Comedy
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Manuel Medel, Andrés Soler, Meche Barba, Emma Roldán
Votes: 10
78. And One Was Beautiful (1940)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally kills a man with his car.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir, Billie Burke
Votes: 336
79. Children Only Once (1996)
50 min | Documentary
This is a documentary about child labor in the Philippine provinces. The directors recorded small children working under excruciating conditions in slaughterhouses, sugarcane fields, and ship docks in order to add to their family income.
Directors: Sadhana Buxani, Ditsi Carolino
Votes: 15
80. Miracle of the White Suit (1956)
93 min | Biography, Drama
Seven year old Marcos' only illusion is to have his First Communion in a white suit.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Miguel Gil, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Julia Martínez, Julio Núñez
Votes: 28
81. Lumakad kang hubad... Sa mundong ibabaw (1980)
Drama
Director: Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco | Stars: Alma Moreno, Roel Vergel de Dios, George Estregan, Brenda Del Rio
82. Magdana's Donkey (1955)
50 min | Drama
Small Georgian village (ca. 1890) Magdana a widow lives in a shack with her 3 children and ekes out a living selling yogurt. When the children find a donkey lying by the road and nurse it to health, it seems the family's troubles are over.
Directors: Tengiz Abuladze, Rezo Chkheidze | Stars: Dudukhana Tserodze, Liana Moistsrapishvili, Mikho Borashvili, Nani Chikvinidze
Votes: 594
83. O falakros mathitis (1979)
90 min | Comedy
A civil servant who wants promotion is forced to return to school to get his diploma.
Director: Dinos Katsouridis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Vasia Trifylli, Titos Vandis, Maro Kodou
Votes: 160
84. Odd Family 11! (2011– )
45 min | Comedy, Family
A family consisting of a jobless father, a domestic mother, and eight children with different personalities. As the title suggests, the family also has a mysterious "11th member." Kamiki ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Seiichi Tanabe, Yasuko Mitsuura, Seishirô Katô
Votes: 69
85. Los hijos de Peralvillo (1983)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: José Luis Urquieta | Stars: Rafael Inclán, Silvia Manríquez, Armando Duarte, Cuco Pelucho
Votes: 8
86. Blank 13 (2017)
70 min | Drama, Family
A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.
Director: Takumi Saitô | Stars: Cookie, Yoshikazu Ebisu, Lily Franky, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 248
87. Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Drama
Ever since the poor Pepper family - widowed Mrs. Pepper and her five children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie - warmed the once cold heart of wealthy businessman J.H. King, they have ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Edith Fellows, Dorothy Anne Seese, Clarence Kolb, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 165
88. Qian Wang (2002–2003)
46 min | Biography, Drama
Wang Chi, from Yunnan, became one of the richest merchants during the end of the Qing dynasty.
Stars: Winston Chao, Rongguang Yu, Ming Gao, Mingqi Li
89. How the Other Half Live (2009– )
48 min | Reality-TV
Stars: Dean Lennox Kelly, Susan Cookson, Tatiana Chipondaminga
Votes: 23
90. Boca de Lixo (1993)
50 min | Documentary
The daily routine of poor people of Itaoca, São Gonçalo, state of Rio de Janeiro, who make a living out of revolving garbage.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho
Votes: 134
91. Tapeinos kai katafronemenos (1968)
169 min | Drama, Music
A proud self-starter arrives in Athens, only to realise that, even though he starts to taste the fruit of his labour, the faceless metropolis is a cruel place for those who dare to dream big. Is there hope for the humble and the scorned?
Director: Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Nikos Xanthopoulos, Antzela Zileia, Giorgos Moutsios, Pantelis Zervos
Votes: 66
92. Pasang krus (2009)
90 min | Drama
Herminia, a woman heavy with child, with her four chikdren in tow witnesses her husband being forcibly taken, tortured and murdered by henchmen of an unscrupulous, land-grabbing politician ... See full summary »
Director: Neal 'Buboy' Tan | Stars: Rosanna Roces, Joross Gamboa, Ketchup Eusebio, Empress Schuck
93. Angry Rice Wives (2021)
106 min | Drama, History
Ito has a husband and three children. Life is difficult and food is expensive. Rice, which is a staple of their diet, is expensive and becoming more dear by the week. Needing to feed ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tokie Hidari, Shota Ikoma, Mao Inoue
Votes: 58
94. Zézero (1974)
30 min | Short
Man leaves the country and heads for the big city, where he wins a lottery.
Director: Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias | Stars: Isabel Antinópolis, Carlos Biondi, Pamira Balbina de Almeida, Maria das Dores de Oliveira
Votes: 75
95. Laitakaupungin laulu (1948)
73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Aku Korhonen, Mirjam Novero
Votes: 91
96. Night Doings (1957)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman .
Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Vasilis Avlonitis, Orestis Makris, Eleni Hatziargyri, Smaroula Giouli
Votes: 129
97. Gourbi Palace (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Family
A poor man rescues a rich man from burglars. as a way for thanking him The rich guy invite him and his family to come and live in his luxurious hotel. The poor family's life turns upside down in their new home.
Director: Bachir Deraïs | Stars: Lakhder Boukhers, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Fatima Hellilou, Nadia Samir
Votes: 11
98. Bitter Bread (1951)
83 min | Drama
A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children.
Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Eleni Zafeiriou, Inta Hristinaki, Michalis Nikolopoulos, Alkis Papas
Votes: 74
99. Pligomenes kardies (1963)
85 min | Drama
With her husband working as a sailor to support the family, a young wife of two who struggles to eke out an existence, sees his efforts go down the drain when her good-for-nothing brother arrives. Will anyone take pity on a wounded heart?
Director: Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Andreas Douzos, Antzela Zileia, Vasilis Kailas, Mary Evangelou
Votes: 33
100. Fliegende Fische müssen ins Meer (2011)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
A single mother of three children lives a chaotic and not very wealthy life in which her oldest daughter tries to manage everything and wants to find a decent guy for her mum.
Director: Güzin Kar | Stars: Meret Becker, Elisa Schlott, Barnaby Metschurat, Hanspeter Müller
Votes: 198