1. Steenrijk Straatarm (Steenrijk Straatarm)
(Steenrijk Straatarm)
2. Famous, Rich and Hungry
Four famous volunteers try to untangle the complicated reasons and life choices that lie behind Britain's hidden hunger crisis and are challenged to help UK households find a way out of food poverty
3. Naufragés des villes (Naufragés des villes)
(Naufragés des villes)
4. America's War on Poverty
In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by American policy makers, media and the public. This series examines how the poor fared during these years and the resultant evolution of foundation and public sector programs addressing the challenges of poverty.
5. Why Poverty?
A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century.
6. Fin de mois (Fin de mois)
(Fin de mois)
7. Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living it for real in this ground-breaking, two-part documentary for Comic Relief.
8. The Plague (La peste)
Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.
It has an average vote of 7.063 on TMDB.
9. Tokyo Poverty Girl (東京貧困女子。-貧困なんて他人事だと思ってた-)
After her divorce, Kariya Mako returned to work as a contract editor for an economics magazine. There, she is ordered to be in charge of a serialization based on the theme of women in poverty. She interviews people living in various difficult situations, and it gradually makes her realize that this is a widespread problem that she herself is not entirely impervious to, as she is also someone dealing with employment instability while struggling to raise her children.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Surya (Surya)
The show follows the story of Surya, a middle-class youngster struggling to find a decent job but to his misfortune, he never achieves any success at the task.
11. Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
12. Boys from the Blackstuff
Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and their revered older friend, retired longshoreman and union leader, George Malone. As they struggle to make ends meet in a depressed economy, and to hold together their financially battered families, they are harrassed by the petty bureaucrats of the DHSS. But the lumbering investigational juggernaut is, both comically and tragically, guided by drivers with only a provisional license.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
13. Tomorrow (내일)
Once guiding the 'dead', now saving those who want to die! The Afterlife Office Human Fantasy.
It has an average vote of 8.6 on TMDB.
14. NieA Under 7 (NieA_7)
NieA_7, also known as NieA under 7, is a 13 episode anime series about Mayuko, a poor, introverted student who lives above a Japanese bathhouse, and NieA, a freeloading, freewheeling alien who lives in her closet and eats her food.
It has an average vote of 7.273 on TMDB.
15. Last of the Summer Wine
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
It has an average vote of 7.145 on TMDB.
16. City of Men (Cidade dos Homens)
The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for Oscars in four categories, including Best Director for Fernando Meireles. Based on the story of two friends, Laranjinha and Acerola, who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum, 'City of Men' brings into sharp relief the condition of children and adolescents in these areas, realistically yet with a dose of humor.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
17. A DeadbEATs Meal (백수세끼)
The growth story of Jae-ho who graduated from the Korean literature department and is in his second year of preparing for a job after a long period of public service. As he heals from the pain of continuous job failures and parting, he used food as a medium to provide him warm comfort, sympathy, and delicious mukbang satisfaction.
It has an average vote of 2.111 on TMDB.
18. Les Misérables
France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.
It has an average vote of 7.417 on TMDB.
19. Mom, Don't Do That! (媽,別鬧了!)
(媽,別鬧了!)
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
20. Liar (หลังคาใบบัว)
In the "Lilypad House," a small run-down house, lives Simala, a young woman who is raised to be ambitious. It is full of warmth and love despite its poor state. However, Simala still yearns to relocate to a presentable new house for her and her family and she hopes to find a man who is capable of changing her life for the better. "Warodom," a young good-looking man with an ambiguous lineage, also hopes to attract the attention of a beautiful socialite. Both Simala and Warodom share a common goal. But what are their true backgrounds, careers, and social circles? They appear with a presentable and opulent front as bait to lure each other in. Although, it would be considered a challenge to determine who the prey or the predator actually is, or perhaps it is because...they are in the same boat!