Movies and TvShows featuring "debtors-prison" theme.

Little Dorrit is a TV show set in 19th-century England, following the life of Amy Dorrit who grows up in Marshalsea Prison where her father is imprisoned. The show explores themes of love, family relationships, and the struggle against poverty and debt. As Amy navigates her way through upper-class London society, she uncovers family secrets and finds unexpected allies.

David Copperfield, a young boy, endures hardships and overcomes challenges as he navigates through Victorian-era England. From his troubled childhood to his struggles with poverty and abuse, David learns valuable life lessons and discovers his true identity.

In order to pay off his debts, a young man named Zheng Kaisi takes part in a deadly survival game on a mysterious ship. As the game progresses, Kaisi must use his intelligence and survival instincts to outwit his opponents and stay alive. With his life on the line, he must confront betrayal, deception, and the dark side of human nature.

A paroled convict in Iran, struggling with debt and a bad reputation, tries to restore his standing in society after being caught in a lie.

Little Dorrit follows the life of Amy Dorrit, a young seamstress who becomes entangled in a web of secrets and romance in 19th century England. As she navigates through the rigid class system, she discovers unexpected connections, uncovers family secrets, and finds love in the most unexpected places.

A young man seeks adventure and finds friendship, love, and danger in Victorian England.

In this movie set during the Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower must navigate through debtors' prison, espionage, and war as he upholds his loyalty to the British Navy.

John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.

In the 19th century, young Charles Dickens is a promising young writer who is obsessed with material success in his career. His misguided priorities are soon challenged when he encounters a mysterious little girl. That girl takes Dickens on a strange and moving journey in which he is shown the future he could have if he doesn't change his ways and, more importantly, he is shown a better purpose for his writing as a way of speaking for the oppressed who need his help. It is these events and lessons that would inspire Dickens to write an extraordinary Christmas tale that would become his greatest work, A Christmas Carol.

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.

In medieval times, The Pink Panther tries to rescue an imprisoned peasant because he is too poor to pay taxes.