1. Tent City, U.S.A
A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
2. Forgotten
From the glitzy sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard to the urban wasteland of Skid Row, "Forgotten" portrays the cruel reality of being homeless in Los Angeles and how these men and women cope with life on the streets of one of America's largest cities.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
3. The European Dream: Serbia (El sueño europeo: Serbia)
“The European Dream: Serbia” is an investigative documentary by journalist Jaime Alekos about the tortures of Hungarian police to the refugees and migrants they catch trying to cross their border and the harsh living conditions in which they survive in Serbia awaiting an opportunity to enter the EU.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
4. Before Our Eyes (Inför våra ögon)
One inside, one outside. One thin line that creates “us” and “them”. The importance of the borders has again a huge impact in Europe. Yesterday it was all about free movement. Today it´s about controled borders. And walls and fences have become normality. “Before our eyes” is a testimony that shows a situation where Hungary, and indirectly Europe closes itself to the outside world. The film portrays four places, four events, which was filmed over three days in early September 2015, when the worst refugee crisis we have seen since the Second World War started in earnest. “My Europe does not build walls!” said Stefan Löfven, the swedish prime minister, in a speech a few days later. Before our eyes shows how words and actions are no longer connected. Today, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, the UK, Hungary, Slovenia and Austria have built fences and walls to strengthen theirs and Europe’s external borders.
5. Balaton retró (Balaton retró)
Scenes from holiday life at Lake Balaton in Hungary during the communism.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
6. Message of Stones - Budapest
The first film in Miklós Jancsó's documentary series Message of Stones.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
A homeless musician finds meaning in his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
8. Lead Me Home
Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.
It has an average vote of 6.486 on TMDB.
9. The Hotel of Waifs (Kimsesizler Oteli)
Waifs, homeless, derelicts, almsmen, others, forgettens, outcasts, unwanteds. The Hotel of Waifs; a temporary resting place far from home, an amusement in a pale fun fair, an enthusiastic trip on roundabout ways of soul.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Living in Tents
In January 2011 Paul Crane discovered a tent city in downtown St. Louis, along the Mississippi River. He was curious as to who these people were, how they ended up there, and what life was like for them each day. He initially thought he would simply go down during the day and capture footage when possible, but he quickly realized that if he wanted to truly capture how these people lived and the full reality of their collective and individual existence, he would have to be there full time and become a part of the place, so he moved in with them.
11. Zu ebener Erde (Zu ebener Erde)
(Zu ebener Erde)
12. Fora da Caridade Não Há Salvação (Fora da Caridade Não Há Salvação)
(Fora da Caridade Não Há Salvação)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. East-West Passage (Kelet-nyugati átjáró)
In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt they had no future in East Germany. There was no freedom, no choice in the shops, salaries were low and they could not travel except to Eastern Europe. They wanted to go to a prosperous and free West Germany but they could not get passports, so they hoped that by travelling through Hungary, the least suppressed country of the Soviet Block, they could cross the Iron Curtain into Austria and then travel on into West Germany. For them the Hungary of twenty years ago was the new east-west passage. Written by Czes
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Community First, A Home for the Homeless
Community First! Village is designed to lift the chronically homeless off the streets of the Austin, TX, offering them a place to call home, helping them to heal from the ravages of life on the streets, and allowing them to rediscover a purpose in their lives. This documentary explores the events that cause homelessness and the heartwarming stories of being welcomed into a nurturing environment where dignity and self-worth are restored.
15. The Angelmakers
The Angelmakers is a 2005 documentary that provides insight into the epidemic of arsenic murders by women, known as The Angel Makers of Nagyrév, in 1929. The film is shot on location in the rural Hungarian village of Nagyrév, alternating between portraits of the surrounding landscape and first-hand narrations by the elderly inhabitants.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
16. Washing Our Hands (Mossuk kezeinket)
This film is part of the Semmelweis Project, launched by Direkt36, an investigative journalism center based in Hungary, to show the reality and the causes of hospital-acquired infections, which are a growing problem in the country.
17. Münchner Freiheit (Münchner Freiheit)
(Münchner Freiheit)
18. Art From the Streets
Award winning feature documentary about an art program for homeless people.
19. Judgement in Hungary (Ítélet Magyarországon)
Hungary was the site of serial murders on ethnic basis. Over the course of one year, the murderers killed and seriously injured Roma children and adults. The state charged 4 men with committing the crime with racial motivation. This historical trial started March, 2011, and ended August, 2013 in Budapest. The 167 days of hearings was only documented continuously by our crew. We had exclusive permission to use multiple cameras in the court-room. The film is a classical chamber-drama, taking place in a small, claustrophobic court room, in the middle of Europe. What will be the outcome of the marathon, 3 year-long trial?
20. A Fragile Life (Det Sköra Livet)
Pia Sjögren was the subject of three documentaries by director Tom Alandh, beginning in 2001. He first saw her on the street selling newspapers, homeless, addicted to drugs, trying to make enough money for the day. Since then, she has become clean, and now gives lectures about her experiences, sharing her knowledge. This is the fourth film about her, filmed between 2011-2020. At the start of this installment, Pia has recently begun having heart and breathing issues, her own daughter is in prison for narcotics, and her mother, who we were introduced to in previous installments, continues to struggle with rapidly decreasing eyesight.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
