Movies and TvShows featuring "vagrancy" theme.
Breezy is a young, free-spirited girl who forms an unexpected connection with Frank, a middle-aged divorced man. As they spend time together, their age gap becomes a obstacle they must overcome. Set in the 1970s, this movie explores themes of love, acceptance, and the changing cultural landscape.
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
Street of No Return is a crime thriller about a man who was left for dead by his former associates and seeks revenge against them. Being unable to speak due to a traumatic event, he navigates the dangerous streets to find and confront those who wronged him.
During a summer vacation in Europe, a group of friends find themselves caught up in a series of misadventures, including mistaken identities and romance.
Social drama of Depression-era homeless children who turn to crime and are sentenced by a judge to a rehabilitation "labor camp".
Night Owls is a comedy short film from 1930 that follows the story of a vagrant who ends up spending the night in a rich man's house, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings and a narrow escape from the police. The film is filled with hilarious antics, slapstick comedy, and witty dialogue that keeps the audience entertained from start to finish.
A screenwriter suffering from writer's block falls in love with a female juvenile delinquent who is given to him as a Christmas gift. As they spend time together, their unlikely relationship blossoms into something unexpected.
Fresh out of reform school, a bunch of delinquent girls fall in with a gang of crooks and are put to work as "hostesses" in a number of mob-controlled bars and cafes. The girls are expected to string along male customers so that the latter will squander their money on watered-down drinks and fixed poker games. When one gullible New Yorker is clipped to the tune of $18,000 worth of diamonds, the Law closes in.
The Delinquents is a romantic drama set in 1950s Queensland, Australia. It tells the story of a young teenage girl who falls in love with a seaman and becomes pregnant. The couple faces societal pressures and tries to navigate their way through a forbidden love. The film explores themes of teenage love, premarital sex, and the challenges faced by young couples in the conservative society of the time.
In 'Johnny Come Lately,' a man full of remorse and regret arrives in a small town where he finds redemption and love. Along the way, he confronts reprisal, resolvement, and recklessness. The story unfolds at the backdrop of a railroad depot and involves a railroad-bull.
Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.
A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he mistakes for a maid.
Blues in the Night (1941) is a gripping film that tells the story of a jazz musician and his band who find themselves entangled in a web of drug addiction, turmoil, and illegal gambling. Set during the Great Depression era, the film follows their journey through poverty, eviction, and encounters with crooked gamblers. With captivating performances and a soundtrack filled with soulful blues, this movie showcases the fortitude of the characters amidst their trials and tribulations.
Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged gold-digger, she enjoys the favors of backstage johnnies and elderly sugar daddies, but finally finds true love in the form of Park Avenue socialite Ted Willing.
In 'The Year of the Hare,' a man named Kaarlo Vatanen hits a hare with his car during a business trip. This incident prompts him to leave his ordinary life behind and embark on a transformative adventure in the Finnish wilderness. Along the way, he encounters various characters and experiences, including sleeping in a barn, bathing in a river, and fighting a forest fire. Through his encounters with nature and newfound freedom, Kaarlo learns to reevaluate his priorities and find true happiness.
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
Won Jury's Special Award at the Turin International Film Festival of Young Cinema 1993
"Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City Council under the influence of their domineering wives. Harry Cheshire is under the thumb of his sister Abigail Uppington. One look at "Pappy's" daughter Clementine, and Dan decides to stay in Harmony...Blue Laws or no.
A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States, dodging the police, do-gooders, lustful men and pursuing-husbands in a bad mood. One of them is a killer, another is a girl hitch-hiking to her wedding in order to afford a wedding gown, and there is also the Governor's daughter who crusades on their behalf, while hitch-hiking along with them.