Most Similar Movies to Salaam Bombay! (1988)
If you are looking for movies like Salaam Bombay! (1988), you might like movies tagged with keyword : india, children, street life, social realism, mumbai, independent film, coming of age, poverty, survival, humanity, harsh reality, social issues, realism, tragedy, underclass, struggle, hope, despair, indian cinema, directorial debut .
Leaf on a Pillow (1998), Boy of the Streets (1937), Johns (1996), God Bless the Child (1988), Katie Says Goodbye (2016), Raining Stones (1993), Manito (2002) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Leaf on a Pillow (1998)
The Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.
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Boy of the Streets (1937)
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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Johns (1996)
A teen hustler (Lukas Haas) works double time to help his cohort (David Arquette) satisfy a birthday wish and pay off a debt to a drug dealer.
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God Bless the Child (1988)
Unemployed, abandoned by her husband and kicked out of her apartment after not being able to pay her rent, newly single mother Theresa Johnson (Mare Winningham) finds herself homeless and raising her daughter, Hillary (Grace Johnston), on the streets. Discouraged by consistently overcrowded shelters and shocking violence, Johnson appeals to social worker Calvin Reed (Dorian Harewood). With Reed's help, Johnson struggles to ensure a decent quality of life for the daughter she loves so much.
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Katie Says Goodbye (2016)
A kindhearted waitress finds herself in grave danger after she falls in love with an ex-convict.
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Raining Stones (1993)
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic...Read all
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Manito (2002)
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict s...Read all
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Alambrista (1978)
Struggling to support his family in Mexico, Roberto (Domingo Ambriz), a young Mexican man, illegally crosses the border to the United States in search of work. Exploited by his American employers, Roberto labors in harsh conditions for insufficient wages and fails to make enough money for his family. Continually on the lookout for immigration raids, Roberto has to maintain a constant vigilance as he travels from town to town, searching for employment.
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Babai (2015)
Ten-year-old Nori (Val Maloku) and his father Gezim (Astrit Kabashi) roam the streets of Kosovo selling cigarettes and barely earning a living. Only a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gezim is lured west to Germany, leaving his son behind in search of a new life. Feeling deserted and desperate to claim some sense of stability, Nori embarks on a dangerous j...Read all
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Pather Panchali (1955)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Kurdish orphans work odd jobs for food and to raise money so their severely handicapped brother can have surgery.
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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
The sons (Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon) of two drug-addled hookers must fend for themselves after one's mother goes missing and the other (Jennifer Hudson) is arrested.
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The Gorbals Story (1950)
A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
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The Young and the Damned (1950)
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
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Turtles Can Fly (2004)
Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
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Shoeshine (1946)
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
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The White Balloon (1995)
Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.
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Vaya (2016)
Three people board the train bound for Johannesburg. Strangers, each on their own mission, with a simple task to complete and in search of family to help them. But when they are betrayed by the very people whose protection they sought, they find themselves trapped in the city - invisible and alone. Vaya interweaves three separate plots, that intersect and intertwine i...Read all
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