On the Bowery (1956), Nayakan (1987), Lilya 4-Ever (2002), Sorry We Missed You (2019), The Snake Pit (1948), Rosetta (1999), I Live in Fear (1955), A Taste of Honey (1961) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Human Struggle movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Lionel Rogosin turns his camera on the homeless "bums" who frequent New York City's Bowery area.
Plot Keywords: documentary, new york, alcoholism, social realism, black and white, independent film, street life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A small boy (Ratnavelu) from Tamilnadu sees his father, a labor leader, killed in cold blood by a policeman. He kills the policeman and runs away to the city of Bombay. From there, the story traces his ascent to become a mafia chief (Velu Naicker).
Plot Keywords: indian cinema, crime drama, classic film, violence, revenge, corruption, power struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While waiting for her mothers reply to take her to the USA, Lilya idles the time away smoking, drinking and having fun with her, too, outcast friend Volodya. In time, the chance of a new life becomes non-existent; her life is going nowhere. Meeting a young man, she then finds a plane ticket in her hand and a new life in Sweden: a job, an apartment and prospects. All is not what it seems. There shall be work, there shall be housing and there shall be no escape. This is the stark, frank and disturbing vision of the life of a young victim of the underground sex trade and in all its tone of realism of abject poverty, despicable actions and of wanting to show that dreaming of a better life is not a crime but that life can shatter the illusion of a happy ending.
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, swedish film, european film, social realism, dark side of humanity, poverty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
Plot Keywords: social realism, working class, family struggle, economic hardship, british film, ken loach, social critique ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Virginia Cunningham finds herself in a state insane asylum...and can't remember how she got there. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, their marriage, and her developing symptoms. The asylum staff are not demonized, but fear, ignorance, and regimentation keep Virginia in a state of misery as pipe-smoking Dr. Mark Kik struggles through wheels within wheels to find the root of her problem. Then a relapse plunges Virginia back into the harrowing 'Snake Pit.'—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, mental illness, female protagonist, social criticism, film noir, drama, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. The girl, Rosetta, is quite upset and the cops will have to arrive to get her out. She has her reasons: she lives in a caravan, with her alcoholic mother. She goes looking for work as some go to the war. Treasons, murders are in her mind, if not in her acts.—Gregoire Dubost <Gregoire.dubost@polytechnique.org>
Plot Keywords: drama, realism, social issues, poverty, struggle for survival, unemployment, female protagonist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Believing that nuclear holocaust is imminent, an elderly industrialist (Toshirô Mifune) decides to move his family to Brazil.
Plot Keywords: war, nuclear fear, family conflict, psychological trauma, generation gap, mental breakdown, social critique ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Black and white, gay and straight, mothers and daughters, class, and coming of age. Jo is working class, in her teens, living with her drunk and libidinous mother in northern England. When mom marries impulsively, Jo is out on the streets; she and Geoffrey, a gay co worker who's adrift himself, find a room together. Then Jo finds herself pregnant after a one night stand with Jimmy, a Black sailor. Geoffrey takes over the preparations for the baby's birth, and becomes, in effect, the child's father. The three of them seem to have things sorted out when Jo's mother reappears on the scene, assertive and domineering. Which "family" will emerge?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: british film, social realism, working class, single parent family, independent film, black and white film, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After getting into trouble with the law, violence-prone Frank Roberts (Viggo Mortensen) seeks help from his brother Joe (David Morse), an even-tempered policeman. Frank hopes to start fresh, and his brother has faith that he can do it. So Joe agrees to let Frank stay -- despite the admonitions of his wife, Maria (Valeria Golino), who would rather not have Frank in the house. And though he performs well at first, Frank's inner turmoil eventually erupts, creating chaos in their once tranquil home.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, family, brotherhood, vietnam war, small town life, psychological trauma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mussolini's Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Their adult children gather friends for tennis and parties at their lovely grounds, with the rest of the world at bay, while politics close in.—OJT
Plot Keywords: world war ii, italian cinema, historical drama, fascism, love story, tragedy, jewish culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A women lives a miserable life in the basement of her Milan apartment, with her boring inlaws and three children (boys). Her husband has been injured. Her bleak life takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and has to go to a sanatorium in the Italian Alps. At the medical clinic in Milan she meets young mechanic with the similar health problems. At the sanatorium she meets again the same man and they start a passionate love affair. All good things must come to an end. When she is cured, she has to return to that rathole from which she only briefly emerged.—marty gottlieb <anangke@erols.com>, prokurator@gmail.com
Plot Keywords: drama, italian cinema, social issues, working class, female protagonist, illness, self-discovery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Slice of life drama following the lives of various people in London's East End on a wet Sunday. (Is this film why people think it always rains in England ?) Rose was engaged to local wild boy Tommy Swann but he got imprisoned on Dartmoor. After he was locked up she got married to sedate but dull George. Tommy's now broken out of jail and comes to see Rose to get help to flee the country.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: crime, film noir, british film, 1940s, post-war, london, working class ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when he's at the clinic alone, he takes a call from a woman who tells him that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan that she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can he save her in time?—Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, crime, 1960s, black and white, social issues, suspense ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the company's balance sheet during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees will take the hit, like Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Bobby learns the real life consequences of not having a job. Not only does he see a change to his family lifestyle, and the loss of his home, but also his feelings of self-worth.
Plot Keywords: drama, workplace, unemployment, financial crisis, midlife crisis, family pressure, american dream ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a futuristic society where corporations have replaced countries, the violent game of Rollerball is used to control the populace by demonstrating the futility of individuality. However, one player, Jonathan E., rises to the top, fights for his personal freedom, and threatens the corporate control.
Plot Keywords: dystopian, action film, science fiction, social critique, totalitarianism, human struggle, class conflict ...
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