Movies and TvShows featuring "shanty-town" theme.

In the year 2044, robots known as automatons have become self-aware and are governed by two fundamental laws. Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent for the ROC robotics corporation, discovers a robot that violates these laws and begins to investigate. His investigation leads him to uncover a conspiracy that threatens the existence of mankind.

Inspired on the true story of Manolo Vital, a bus driver who helped create the modern Barcelona during the 1970s city's boom.

In Wild River, a family in Tennessee deals with loss and challenges during the 1930s. The story revolves around a mother-daughter relationship, a river-crossing, and a land dispute. As they face the hardships of the time, the characters navigate race relations, individualism, and their own fears. The film explores themes of love, hope, and the impacts of progress and tragedy.

Bernie is a delusional man who becomes entangled in a web of drugs, violence, and paranoia as he searches for his birth parents.

Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government’s crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest druglords in Manilla. Police Officer Espino and Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence for the operation which quickly escalates into a violent and heavely-armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel’s gang. Before the investigators arrive at the crime scene, Espino and Elijah walk off with Abel’s backpack full of money and methamphetamine.

Annie Live! is a live performance adaptation of the beloved musical Annie. Set in New York City during the Great Depression, the story follows 11-year-old orphan Annie as she escapes the clutches of the evil Miss Hannigan and finds a new home with billionaire Oliver Warbucks. Filled with catchy musical numbers and heartwarming moments, Annie Live! brings the timeless tale to life on stage.

Pedro Martín, a young and ambitious doctor, is studying the effect of cancerous cells on mice, but he has run out of mice in his laboratory, since they do not breed there, and he has no funds to purchase more of these expensive laboratory animals from the United States. Nevertheless, his assistant, Amador, informs him that he gave some of the mice to an old trapper, nicknamed “el Muecas”, who lives in precarious conditions in a shanty town outside Madrid, and that this poor man has successfully bred them with the help of the natural heat of his daughters. The incredulous scientist goes to the shanty town to obtain the mice. There, Pedro meets Muecas, Muecas's wife Ricarda and their two daughters Florita and Conchi. With the warmth of the women’s breasts, as the flirtatious Florita shows Pedro, the mice are able to reproduce.

Lovely Mary, an orphan girl, reluctantly takes charge of her sister's child when her sister Kate is jailed.

1976. A candid look at the highs and lows of Australian society.

A laborer in Lima faces deception, egomaniac government bureaucrats, and a struggle for survival in the city.

1980. A report on political repression in Mexico.