Movies and TvShows featuring "slum-lord" theme.

In New York City, a slumlord and a tenant go head-to-head over a Cadillac. The comedic battle escalates as they try to outwit each other in order to gain control of the luxury car.

Never on Sunday (1960) is a comedic drama set in Athens, Greece. It revolves around an American man who falls in love with a Greek woman. The movie explores their relationship and the cultural differences between them.

A hardworking Mexican immigrant living in California dreams of giving his son a better future, but is faced with the challenges of poverty and debt. He becomes desperate to find a way to provide for his son's education and well-being, leading him to make difficult choices and confront his own morality.

Shor in the City is a crime drama set in Mumbai, featuring multiple interconnected stories. The plot revolves around various characters involved in criminal activities such as slum-lords, extortion, bribery, crime bosses, and heists. The story follows their struggles for redemption, as they find themselves on the run and face consequences of their actions. As the tension rises, the characters must confront revenge, murder, and deals gone wrong.

The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. .

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) is a documentary film that tells the story of the Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St. Louis, Missouri. It examines the factors that contributed to its decline, such as deindustrialization, structural racism, and urban planning. The film sheds light on the impact of public policy and business interests on the lives of the residents, and explores the themes of poverty, segregation, and displacement.

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.

For those who thought "Reefer Madness" was the first exploitation movie you'll be interested to know that the genre was alive and well during the silent era. "Street of Forgotten Women" is the usual potboiler about a rich girl who is disowned by her father when she decides she wants a career in show business. After sinking her money in a stage production which immediately flops, she's forced to try and earn a living dancing in a saloon in her underwear. Even worse, she is forced into prostitution in a slum apartment that just happens to be owned by HER FATHER!!!!!

George Rossi, who immigrated to the US and served in the Vietnam war, is now a Superintendent of a Queens apartment building. He finds himself quickly slipping into a depraved world which is fueled by the tenants of the building.