Hunger Movies

Life on the breadline in the 1930s was hard enough, but times were desperate when you fell beneath it. Hunger marches organised by the National...

Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS...

A government subsidized water facility "melts" down releasing a toxin into the water supply which turns the employees and population into soulless...

Biscut is a powerful film on the state of politics in Uttar Pradesh and offers a gritty and hard-hitting take on the treatment of the backward...

A wolf, deprived of meat by war rationing and starving, sees an article in the newspaper about a sheepdog leaving his flock to join the army and...

A mother and her son partake in a rage filled dinner together.

In 1947, among the ruins of war and in anticipation of a catastrophic flood, the locals of a Vojvodina village find themselves caught between the...

Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train...

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his...

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great...

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.

A muffin thief troubles Mr. Baker, so he seeks help from a sleek detective. They agree to catch the thief at night in the bakery in Baker Street.

A woman struggles with an uncontrollable craving.

H. Oboe Rhodes, a "knight of the road," limps into a large city with the idea of appeasing his hunger. His first quest is the welcoming doors of a...

Synopsis: A rabbit couple tries to survive in a dying forest...

During the largest food crisis in a century, a group of college students step up to help those facing hunger. Their small local effort inspires hope...

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe,...