Quinceañera (2006), Bait (2019), Everyday People (2004), Medicine for Melancholy (2008), East Side Story (2006), Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), The Church (2018) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Gentrification movies.
Storyline: Magdalena (Emily Rios) is a Mexican-American living in Los Angeles. Her 15th birthday is fast approaching, and she and her family are making preparations for the party that signals her transition to womanhood. But Magdalena becomes pregnant, and family tensions force her out of the house, so she goes to live with her uncle Tomas and her gay cousin Carlos. All exiles, the three band together against the coming neighborhood gentrification that threatens their way of life.
Plot Keywords: teenager, uncle, cousin, inspiring, powerful, los angeles, family home ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has re-purposed their father's vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
Plot Keywords: fisherman, brother, tourist, love interest, local, brooding, melancholy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Customers and staff (Bridget Barkan, Stephen McKinley Henderson) react to the news of a Jewish restaurateur's (Jordan Gelber) decision to sell his neighborhood eatery to developers.
Plot Keywords: restaurant owner, restaurant employee, patron, young man, corporate stooge, spirited, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.
Plot Keywords: political activist, love interest, boyfriend, tender, calm, san francisco, apartment ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Diego (René Alvarado) is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother (Irene De Bari). Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo (David Berón), Diego finds himself attracted to Wesley (Steve Callahan), one of the openly gay Caucasian men he feels are gentrifying his neighborhood. Their relationship pushes Diego to consider the possibility of a life he had never imagined.
Plot Keywords: chef, real estate agent, love interest, restaurant owner, gay man, boyfriend, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
Plot Keywords: dancer, break dancer, best friend, developer, father, latina, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The pastor of a landmark church is the sole hold-out in a Philadelphia neighborhood earmarked for gentrification. But soon, the spirits of congregational members past begin to make their displeasure known. Who are the righteous among them?
Plot Keywords: minister, family member, wife, congregation members, spirit, uneasy, creepy ...
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