Welfare Movies

A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see...

A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But because they are under-age, their parents are against their...

The movie follows Joe, a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers on Joe's...

At the age of 8, Vaselinetjie is taken away by the Welfare and send to the orphanage. It's a strange, hard, dangerous world of rebel children, fierce...

An aging salesman is fired from his job after a long career in it. Broken, without much to look forward to, he tries reconnecting with his wife and...

A day in the life of a young Manhattanite who is in love with his mother, gives birth to $1890 from his hip, and kills indiscriminately.

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be...

Like a Candide dreaming of Eldorado, Jallel lands in France, hoping to try his luck. From encounter to encounter, hostel to social welfare group,...

A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

A full-time carer plots a daring heist from the Houses of Parliament, in a bid to thwart devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit.

A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight finds herself implicated in a nightclub murder.

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold...

People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare...

Poignant postwar appeal for Britain’s Jewry to support orphaned Jewish children rescued from Europe.

Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.

Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.