Movies and TvShows featuring "slum-dweller" theme.

In a universe where gravity is inverted, a man and woman from different worlds fall in love and must fight societal barriers to be together.

Aaru is a gangster who shaves his head, attacks and betrays his enemies. He seeks revenge for the death of his friend against the gangsters and goons in the slums. The movie is filled with violence and showcases the life of a ruthless gangster living in a dangerous world.

In the slums of Manila, a young boy named Maximo Oliveros finds himself caught between his loyalty to his family and his growing infatuation with a handsome police officer. As Maximo navigates the challenges of poverty and societal expectations, he must also come to terms with his own identity and the complexities of love.

A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.

Fast paced and evocative, this contemporary social drama delves into concepts of love and fidelity in human relationships in view of modern liberal lifestyles, through the lives of a scientist and a news anchor.