Social Realism Movies

The film follows the story of Ellie, a young girl from a violent home. The 9-year-old seems to escape from her harsh reality by spending her days in...

Using verite conventions, a young couple with a baby and a child are worn away by the monotony of their lives.

To save his failing business, an elderly tailor must confront his deep-seated prejudice when he accepts an unusual order: creating a female cosplay...

On a northern English estate, a teenager quietly overwhelmed by responsibility at home begins to find hope through the support of a local youth...

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in...

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a...

From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois,...

Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that...

Under the neon lights of the prostitution area in Ostend's Hazegras district, local residents struggle with their small and big problems. Loneliness...

Irpinia follows the journey of young West Indian dreamer Dudley as he makes his way to England in the 1960s. At 24 years old, Dudley boarded a ship...

A day in the lives of a Hamburger couple Jan and Renate. A few days ago they moved to Wilhelmsburg. There they have to build a child's room, but they...

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in...

The story of a young mother with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort...

A young immigrant’s life comes crashing down when he gets a distressing phone call from his home country.

After her addicted husband sells their 6-year-old daughter, a mother takes matters into her own hands and sets off on a desperate journey to save her...

As a homage to Andrea Arnold, accompanied with music by Rockettothesky, we follow an unnamed Girl as she encounters the physical manifestation of the...

A day at school turns volatile when a traumatized student and a new inner-city teacher inadvertently go head to head.

A wandering homeless man seizes an opportunity.

A family of young 'chavs' and their mother unleash their anger in a clash over a parking space.

130k portrays the cold reality of exclusion through the story of an immigrant family.