My 10 Favorite Movies That Actually Deal With Poverty & Class

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Just in time for the end of awards season, Chelsea decided to give her own form of recognition: movies that actually do a good job representing poverty and social class issues, rather than glossing over or downright exploiting them.
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[@ladykelseywontherace]

I can't remember where on the internet I heard this, but someone said (of Parasite), "the poor family is not a parasite. The rich family is, because they cannot function at the same economic level without the poor family being so poor," and that just kinda stuck with me. Most people in the world are poor; there are very few wealthy people, and they cannot continue to be so without the poor, and they leach off our labour like... a leach.

[@justicewilson7929]

A scene that really stood out to me after all these years from watching ATL, was when Esquire, the brains of the group was getting attention from a guidance counselor at the private school he attends. To increase his chances of getting into his dream school, he would need a letter of recommendation from a person of high status. Esquire, living from a low income neighborhood, of course didn't know anybody of high status. This shows that getting into these elite schools, often times requires you to know the right people, as opposed to getting accepted based off merit alone.

[@ampersignia]

I really like this topic of a video. I’ve been thinking about the overrepresentation of rich people in shows and frequently popular plots/themes that are basically “haha rich people suck as people. let’s watch their characters change over time.” Arrested Development, Schitt’s Creek, The White Lotus, Loot, and so many others that I don’t remember. As a society I think we need to feel less empathy for rich people, not more.

[@isabelamer86]

Oh, also Pretty in Pink, the scene where she doesn't want Blayne (?) to see where she lives because she's poor, her dad is dealing with depression and hasn't worked in a while, has always really resonated with me. I remember a classmate thinking it was a weird thing for her to do, and I thought, "yeah, but you're rich, you don't understand what the shame is."

[@MzShonuff123]

Or alternatively when she’s having a conversation with Jenna in gym class (someone who has the same economic status) and Jenna asks her why she studies so much (presuming it to be a waste of time) and Andie says “Why? Because I don’t wanna work in a record store for the rest of my life”, which Jenna scoffs at. Folks that look around them and don’t see evidence of success from their communities often sadly say “Why should I try?”

[@abbs-xh9yx]

Parasite and Florida Project are required reading. I also LOVE Nomadland, especially because of how the Instagram vanlife girlies have taken over this conversation. I haven’t really looked into it but I wonder how the space being flooded with influencers and such has affected things for people living the life out of necessity….

[@isabellabusby-priest3595]

Not a movie but deserves an honorable mention: Maid !!! I lived in the same area of WA the show was based and I feel like I knew 3 of the protagonist Alex. It deals with poverty and abuse cycles in such a realistic way

[@Polkadot2]

Yes! And the fact that it was based on the author's life...

[@Erica-en2qz]

That show was sooooooo well done! So good! I was riveted and totally rooting for the MC.

[@marianar2948]

The author - Sthepanie Land - will release a new book this Fall called "Class"! The title is very on point since it's about her experience as a single low income mom navigating the academic world

[@ms_cartographer]

I'm excited for Ms. Land's new book. I relate so much to the book and series, Maid. I work two full-time jobs, and I barely scrape by.

[@WatermelonSugar1209]

Same

[@nataliekmaguire]

My top recommendation would be The Last Blackman in San Francisco. It's a tragic love story between a man and a house. As someone who grew up dreaming that one day I'd be wealthy enough to afford a mansion (but deep down knowing I'd settle for a comfortable house), it's really hard to grow up and see owning a home, ANY home at all, become an impossible dream. There's a scene where Jimmy is practically begging, "I will do whatever it takes, just please let me have this house," whilst knowing it's completely hopeless...I really feel that. It's such an achingly beautiful movie.

[@nataliekmaguire]

And special acknowledgement to In The Heights. I listened to the soundtrack obsessively during my 18 months unemployment during corona, dreaming of one day having my "$96,000" moment (and sobbing on the kitchen floor to "Paciencia y Fe" on the day I finally got a job).

[@esayucateca]

As some that lives near SF and dreams of owing property, that movie was so personal. The play in the attic. The description of the neighborhood. All of it it was a love letter to those pushed out,

[@maureengermain2442]

Omg yessss! The Last Blackman in San Francisco is definitely one to add to this list!

[@chiplease]

Malcolm in the Middle does a great job of this also, I feel. It was so nice for little me to see a family on screen that wasn’t just kind of coasting by, or only having problems that would be solved by the end of the episode.

[@susanjt747]

If you like Lady Bird (which I did) you might love Real Women Have Curves. It has a similar story line to Lady Bird but was made 15 years earlier. It has many of the same financial realities of Lady Bird but with additional family pressures and expectations surrounding money and support. It includes contrasts of people in a group who have “made it” and how they help and do not help others from that group trying to make it too. It also has moments of fun and joy. Its really good.

[@TheFlinnster]

Not a movie but Squid Game had an interesting take on poverty and how people can put themselves in perilous situations just to try to get out of poverty.

[@robertstanley9633]

I always thought Squid Game was a reflection of MLMs and how only a small percentage benefits at the end.

[@eighteenpercent18]

That clip of tons of people willingly getting slapped on the face in the very first episode was just visceral. The desperation throughout the series...

[@tinachristine4573]

I love your commentary on class and money, something that the mainstream media has increasingly refused to address boldly and bravely and kindly as you do.

[@AlicedeTerre]

Almost all of Bong Joon Ho's works have great commentary on class and poverty. I would also recommend The Nightingale (HEAVY TRIGGER WARNING FOR SA) for poverty and violence in a historical context in 1800's Australia and The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (also heavy trigger warning for DV and abusive relationships). The Florida Project used to be my top movie for volume of tears shed until I watched The Body Remembers. It explores the different contexts two Native women in Canada have when one comes from an impoverished background vs a middle class one.

[@SilvanaLTD]

I have to throw out my 2nd favorite movie of all time Billy Elliot. Obviously the whole thing revolves around a strike and the particular economic situation of that time period in the UK but my fav scene in that regard has to be in the royal ballet school audition when the stuffy ballet teacher (or whatever role he has) breaks from his posh demeanor and tells Jackie "good luck with the strike." It gets overlooked with the electricity speech but it's a really great moment.

[@Baddylongway]

I am more familiar with the musical than the film but this really is an all time great. Spoilers perhaps, but the juxtaposition between the men going back into the mines and Billy making that class journey into ballet school? Just incredible, and I really think it reads as a tragedy as much as anything, which is also a testimony to its deep sympathy for the types of communities and families on which Billy is modelled.

[@SilvanaLTD]

@@Baddylongway YES!! Once We Were Kings gives me chills. The scene in the movie where they return to the mines is a lot more understated (as is the movie in general compared to the musical) but just as effective. I highly recommend that anyone who hasn't seen either version watches both.

[@laurarichardson3390]

"sorry to bother you" and " American honey" are 2 of my favorite as well as the Florida project

[@maureengermain2442]

American Honey for sure!!!

[@isabelamer86]

Shoplifters, which came out around the same time as Roma. There's a point toward the end of the movie where someone asks the "father" why he taught the boy how to shoplift and he says it's the only thing he had to give. How people get by.

[@heidielisa]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought of Shoplifters! I think many of Kore-eda's movies deal with class, since he often tells the stories of unconventional (a.k.a. not middle-class nuclear) families, e.g. in Like Father Like Son where the two families represent totally different economic and social classes (as well as two different ways to raise children). I absolutely adore his films. I haven't seen his most recent work Broker yet, but judging from the trailer the same themes are present in that movie too, namely the unconventional and therefore marginalized family structure and the class perspective, how the mainstream idea of a "proper family" is often very middle- or upper class with traditional familial relationships and biological/juridical ties at its core.

[@KathyHasRamen]

This was an amazing film! I’d also recommend Tokyo Godfathers if you enjoyed Shoplifters.

[@jeanne-marie8196]

I’m an old movie lover. Going way back to the depression with The Grapes of Wrath. At the time, movies had to have a happy ending. Many movies were shot with two endings. One with the required ending, and one with the logical conclusion to try and sneak past the sensors. This one kind of snuck down the middle. The performances are all spot on, and the way the death of the grandmother is handled due the the family’s circumstances is not sugarcoated.

[@aliciamaythu2004]

“Snowpiecer” and “The Platform” too They are quite gore but also depict classes vividly

[@MzShonuff123]

“Snowpiercer” is one of my top 5 movies of all time and I’m a total movie snob 😊

[@KathyHasRamen]

Agreed! And if I’m not mistaken, Snowpiercer is the same director that did Parasite.

[@phoebexxlouise]

the platform is tooooo shocking but excellent. it completely destroys the concept of a trickle down economy. nothing is making it past the top.

[@mollyross888]

i will ALWAYS sing my praises for Little Shop of Horrors!!! “Skid Row” and “Somewhere That’s Green” are shining examples of working class American frustrations and hopes, respectively (even if they’re satirizing it at times). Audrey II is spectacular to watch as she manipulates Seymour over the course of the story! is it subtle? no. but is it incredibly moving? yes!

[@Baddylongway]

Did LSOH for a design project and I agree to sing its praises. I had not really considered it as any sort of great piece of media but after working through that script over and over? It is an immensely intelligent and thought piece of satire and parody and the ways that Audrey II acts as an allegory for poverty have a surprising amount of depth if you take time to look.

[@nataliekmaguire]

I was unemployed 18 months over 2020-21. I sang "Skid Row" MANY times in the shower.

[@mikaheliaHS1]

That’s the name of the movie!! “The Florida Project”! I saw it years ago and was amazed by how well the story was portrayed. I’ve stayed in hotels in Florida while on vacation where people lived this way. I’ve never seen a film so honest. Glad it made your list 😊

[@darleneatkinson3906]

Mikahelia Wellington, Many years ago, I asked my Aunt where is her daughter living at? she gave me and address it was and hotel address I did not know it until I drove to the motel my cousin had 3 daughters her husband left her she had no job and use credit card to rent hotel room it was unbelievable how down and out she was I could tell she try to act cheerful while I visit with her I was heartbroken to see my cousin live this way she was so beautiful even friendly by nature but it was like people just ignored her she did smoke and this might of been why but her life was so tragic she died at 52 years of age I have no idea what happen to her 3 daughters. People really live hidden hide their tragic lives but try to act like everything is ok. When it is not. I had my youngest brother living with me already so I was not sure if my cousin wanted to come and stay with me I did not say much to my cousin. I seen lot of very poor and broken people who was related to me. I stay single once I witness some of these broken marriages. Children abused and ignore I was not about to get married after witnessing awful out-comes like this. The thing it is in churches, in big cities in what look like pretty great houses but it is all hidden the broken lives. I hope you have great live

[@enenenergp]

It feels so real I had to make sure afterwards that it wasn’t a documentary even though I knew it was supposed to be a fictional movie and recognized the hotel manager actor 😅

[@RambleMaven]

I’ve never seen someone acknowledge ATL in this way before but I always loooved ATL and it’s underlying themes & messaging. So glad to see it getting more recognition!!!

[@handlenameonyoutube]

Same!! I saw it when I was 16 or something and it's been my favourite movie ever since. Chris Robinson's music video style added so much to the movie as well as Chelsea mentioned

[@lindsayt7950]

Same!! ATL is one of my all time favorite movies and love love love love that it’s getting this insight. This also reminds me of why I connect so well with this channel

[@rena7123]

Congrats ✨ 1Million subs - one of my favorite films is Rocky for many reasons, but I think it is better shown in Million Dollar Baby how success in sport is sadly the only way out of poverty

[@marias-i3333]

Regarding racial politics in Mexico as it relates to Roma: the family Yalitza Aparicio's character nannies for would unequivocally be considered white in Mexico. There was a lot more racial mixing in Mexico (and most/all Latin America) so racial categories are afaik more based on appearance, whereas racial categories in the US are based on heritage as well as appearance Mexicans are not usually considered white in the US, partly bc latinidad is so racialized in the US and partly bc the average Mexican that US people think of is brown

[@laurenconrad1799]

I’ve read the same thing about Brazil. I saw a fascinating documentary about how mixed people in Brazil are and how those categories caused confusion when trying to create an affirmative action policy in Brazilian universities. They had to photograph students to try and categorize them. Some students had categories so unclear that 2 identical twins got different categories because 2 different university administrators looked at each photo on separate days. The American viewers watching the documentary were just as clueless as to the boys racial identity as the university administrators. Americans would have called every single 18-year-old Latinx, but that category doesn’t exist in Brazil.

[@moneal99801]

Parasite is really great on class, poverty, and the crazy outcomes of economic inequity. It’s also funny and shocking.

[@SamarkandChan]

Love Parasite

[@sheldonpon9141]

Waiting for Jennette McCurdy's book to be made into a movie and it'll be on this list for sure!

[@nurs.ramlan1640]

Hell yeah "The Florida Project"! Underrated masterpiece ❤️

[@rheanelken2918]

I watched it after the interview with Princess Weekes. Uncomfortably good! I love movies like that

[@AimeeRose22]

Very good movie! Watched it on the suggestion of a podcast I listen to…

[@rheanelken2918]

@@AimeeRose22 sounds like a smart podcast, mind sharing which one?

[@AimeeRose22]

@@rheanelken2918 crazily enough it’s a podcast about theme parks called Podcast the Ride… lots of Florida parks and they mentioned the movie a few times so my husband and I watched it. So worth it!

[@rheanelken2918]

@@AimeeRose22 oh, that sounds neat. Thanks for sharing!

[@lilbirdiesings]

I remember watching I, Daniel Blake, in theatres and it hit pretty close to home for me. I have close family on disability assistance, and they can't get ahead in life without their disability assistance being penalized. It's frustrating and heartbreaking that they're trapped in that cycle.

[@chrisdavis1754]

Loving that dress at the beginning! I love Trading Places, which raises so many questions, while making me laugh, about wealth and poverty and who deserves to be in which category.

[@anggiiieeeeful]

Chelsea, you are so great are summarizing movies and have amazing recs! Awesome video ❤

[@claram5482]

The way I read Roma, and the reason I loved it, is that it's the story of two women who regardless of race and class differences are both scr*wed up by men and saved by sorority. I'm surprised this isn't mentioned more often.

[@Hazy-Daisy]

great list of films and congratulations on 1M subs! I have been a long time sub and always enjoy watching TFD's videos. Not necessarily anything that has anything to do with films, but class differences when it comes to money- and I don't see it often discussed in the personal finance world, but having to take care of aging parents that don't have a retirement plan. My mom was a single mother and raised us kids and didn't have many opportunities to find work while juggling parenting at the same time, and most money coming into the household went to basic needs. And now she is approaching retirement and wasn't able to put anything aside, her only plan is going on disability, which I know from your TFC episode is not great, I don't want her to get to that point. I believe this is a very common reality for many people, but we don't often discuss how to take care of parents or other generations financially, I think it would be cool to have a TFC episode speaking to someone who could give general advice on what to consider and how to include parents in our financial planning.

[@Erin-McLaren]

A book that is, in my opinion, required reading on American poverty is Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. My sister teaches this at her university and uses it as a tool to open kids' eyes to the subject.

[@stephanies34]

Barbara Ehrenreich’s book, Nickel & Dimed, is a great read as well. It came out around 2000, I think, but definitely still relevant.

[@shalryma]

I actually live in the city where "I, Daniel Blake" was shot and actually know some people who were past of its cast! Amazing production.

[@_Alimm]

ATL is a very underrated film on poverty and class but I think it was excellent in balancing the heavy and humor of these characters involved. Hope more people dig into it.

[@SK28th]

Congratulations on a million subscribers ❤

[@taniamorin4355]

I loved Pride, it’s all about solidarity between working class people who have additional marginalized identities on top of our class.

[@michelleneal6954]

This is really interesting. Thank you ☺️

[@khospital]

Excellent list AND excellent Mona doing little dreams in the background. 😂

[@bjerkeclarke9669]

Waking Ned Divine, Into the West, Dumplin', and The Grand Seduction all do a great job of marrying escapism with realistic depictions of marginalization imo. Also loved the way Derry Girls portrayed class dynamics!

[@carolinepierson6776]

Thank you. Brilliant. Thoughtful. I love that you chose to break through the aspirational illusions. We are fed such a high ideal of what life is supposed to be and it is supposed to be available to all. The reality is we are not all playing on the same field. It is sad that so many of these films are confronting and ‘depressing’. I would love ordinary life to be portrayed more often. The ups the downs and the realistic.

[@kburkes4245]

Great video. I teach college Sociology, and these are some good movies for our topic of social class and stratification. Thanks!

[@danielacrucesperez6901]

I would like to recommend a movie from my country called Machuca. It's about the friendship found between a poor boy with indigenous heritage who gets accepted into a private school and a boy from a wealthy family. It is set on the 70's, right before Pinochet's coup and it depicts not only their contrasting lifestyles but also the political tensions and how both of them were affected by it.

[@Kitxkat6]

Love this list but where is Sorry to Bother You?! Absolutely game changing in the world of movies talking about class. If you haven't seen it, please give it a watch (and then another) because Boots Riley gave us a gift with this movie

[@indrinita]

Mine are definitely Moonlight or Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.

[@Artofcarissa]

Nomadland is a really good movie that deals with people struggling after the 2008 financial crisis, and shows the unglamorous side of van life and people taking temp jobs just to get by. It’s so interesting

[@triptripnow4314]

Wow, excellent selection!!!

[@danielledocherty2058]

I watched I, Daniel Blake while on a plane coming back from my weekend away in Lisbon. I cried my eyes out because it was the perfect embodiment of working poor in the UK. Working class get nothing. I am forever fighting for folks to get help. But as the actor Chistopher Eccleston put it in his book. The working class don't have the energy to fight because they used all energy to just survive.

[@dannigreen7126]

My comment is from a place of education, not tearing Chelsea down. To call workers in the tech industry privileged is such a misunderstanding of labor and in fact is a capitalist talking point. Not everyone who works in the tech industry is a coder or engineer making 350K a year. Some work in marketing, some in publicity, some in sales, some in operations. Those people are making a modest income. One of the very real hurdles to organizing in that sector is the idea that tech is so well paid so workers don't want to rock the boat or they think that a union is going to fight for better wages which is greedy because they already get paid a lot. Yes, some workers have high salaries, but that is just *some*. It is not representative of the entire industry. Also, salary IS NOT the end all be all. There are other matters that a contract covers like vacation time, retirement contributions, health plans, standardized bonuses and starting wages, sick leave, bereavement leave, parental leave, life insurance contributions, severance pay in the event of layoffs. Workers also bargain for disciplinary actions within the framework provided by both federal, state, and local laws. In general, if you have to sell your time for money, how privileged are you really?

[@nairbos]

The Florida Project is so, so good. Great first movie. My personal favourite is Harlan County, USA

[@jennysawyer3686]

I heard of a person who had gone to see Tyrannosaur thinking it was a dinosaur movie and was rather surprised!

[@syd3724]

Atlanta was just a dope movie when I was growing up but watching it as an adult pulled on my heart strings 😭

[@charondolls]

The Shoplifters & Tokyo Godfathers are also amazing. Funny and also full of heartfelt.

[@Irina-jk4xy]

I love Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett, and very much on point with the theme of this video

[@beck1365]

100% agree about The Florida Project. Magical, eye opening and heartbreaking all at the same time.

[@Ykoz2016]

This was refreshingly different! ❤️👍

[@kinghenryxl1747]

Great content. Keep it up

[@anzib3271]

A little known but very good movie about class, race and poverty is Just Another Girl on the IRT. It's about a smart, ambitious, driven, African-American girl from New York who wants a better life for herself but is constantly limited by the lack of resources and options available to her. It's also directed by an African-American woman.

[@feylights166]

I have only seen Parasite. I know Everything Everywhere was recently in theaters agsin, but I didn't see it. Where can I watch movies like The Florida Project?

[@husniya12345]

"99 Homes" situated in the aftermath of the crisis of '08. Also the Netflix series with Éric Cantona "Inhuman Resources".

[@kandersen1522]

The Florida Project is an amazing movie. I recommend Wendy and Lucy, with Michelle Williams.

[@TracyDD]

Parasite is definitely my favorite. I watched it multiple time as well as analysis about the film.

[@Sane_Man11]

Holy sh*t.... someone else that has seen and appreciates Tyrannosaur! Such a great film, and truly heartbreaking....

[@Atmviola]

The Florida Project sounds like a really interesting movie! I’ll have to check it out.

[@candyrose3651]

Can you post the list in the description or here in the comments? I have ADHD and had a really hard time following close enough to hear the names and even if I did, I probably would forget the names. I'd like to add these to my "To watch" list. Thank you!!

[@AnaGomez-vf8jj]

I’m from Colombia and Roma represents so well how class and work connects with racial issues, not only in Mexico but in whole Latin America. I am one proud of my country for having living original communities but truth is they are 100% marginalized from the system. They haven’t received any attention since they were oppressed on the bottom of the ladder in the time of colonization. No education or health and sometimes they aren’t even connected to basic utilities (water and electricity). At least in my country, because we have a central government and this communities live outside of the main cities, the are often out of resources for them in a chain of corruption. There is also a struggle for their particular representation inside of the governments. All of this links to poverty. This is why they are often seeing working in domestic labor as an income source for more privileged Latinxs. Btw we always say Latinxs are a mixed of races so you can’t put a pin of how we look, and even tho that true, that doesn’t excuse us from racism because certainly race and oppression (upon indigenous and Afro Latinxs communities) is thriving in our society and always but them below. It is indeed interest seeing Latinxs in general being the home workers in the USA but it happens everywhere. It has everything to do with colonization, race, oppression and money corruption, and no country is scapes from this.

[@felix__93]

I love Ken Loach's films, like "Sorry We Missed You" and "I, Daniel Blake", those are "current world" films that show me how hard it is to deal with financial difficulties and also the rapid changes in technology and legal system for older people, and how "bad luck" seems to follow poor folks around. Like, my parents don't even have a payment account because they don't know the tech, they are afraid that they may make mistakes or get scammed. Some older movies would be Bicycle Thieves, although most of us don't live in "post-war" time, it is still relevant to see how poverty can wreck a person. Cinderella Man, a picture about a boxer, also has a heart-breaking sequence when the parents struggle to keep their children warm and fed. Kore-eda is also a filmmaker who makes many movies about the lower class in societies like Japan or Korea, where the countries look nice from the outside, but a lot of the citizens struggle with the social system and inequality.

[@arawilson]

British films are often better at covering and recognizing class. Gosford park (maybe directed by an American) is a British period film that captures domestic staff / wealthy family -- an obvious vehicle for exploring class, with some humor. The Full Monty is about masculine failure in deindustrialized england (also a comedy). Zola is a portrait of women hustling via "dancing" that's amazing filmmaking.

[@phoebexxlouise]

loved this video

[@OldLadyReacts]

Places In The Heart: Sally Field's husband is killed on the job and she has to figure out how to provide for two children during the Depression. There's a point where she says "How are we going to live? I don't even know how much salary he made." And she has to go to the fancy banker to ask him to show her how to write a check. But yeah, back then there was no Social Security, no life insurance, she had no skills or work experience, no help to be had anywhere really.

[@AlexHider]

For me it’s Stuart: a life backwards. It’s helmed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy and depicts a writer being friends with a homeless drug addict. Such a sad but powerful movie that shows how sometimes the circumstances are just against you.

[@aussiejubes]

Ugh. I was such a mess during that movie. My brain hasn't evolved to separate reality from fantasy/movies so I was wrung out for like two days after that. It's a brilliant movie.

[@AkiVainio]

Trainspotting, Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D., The Nightingale, Gosford Park, The Grapes of Wrath, The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi).

[@Fluffcat65]

Ken Loach is a great director with amazing subjects e.g. Just A Kiss... About domestic work and how exploitative it is on an emotional level watch "For Love Of Ivy" with Abby Lincoln, Sidney Poitier and Beau Bridges. Such a great story! (from 1968!) Amazing!

[@tokiobabe99]

11:40 This is exactly what happened when my step dad passed. It was not totally out of the blue, but it was kind of, because he was only 53 or so, and my family wasn't financially good, since he'd not had a whole life to save and he had been off work/ very reduced in his working ability by being sick for a year just before this illness. We were looking at caskets and urns and I was asking prices on everything. My mom had to reign in what she wanted to do based on the money involved. I'm glad for the experience, but the experience was jarring and made me feel poor, and I just hope that didn't carry onto my mom's experience too.

[@rosaryfitzgerald165]

"But for many people, things like a death will automatically just mean an enormous logistical headache. Debt, expenses you can't afford and all kinds of confusing and cumbersome bureaucratic processes that you don't know how to navigate." oof, I am one year into the possibly 3 year probate process in my state and it has destroyed my finances.

[@valid_sound_and_furious961]

Am I missing it or did you neglect to link the tiktok you said you were going to link? 😉

[@elizabethnovak8518]

tbh, Patti Cake$ lives rent-free in my head.

[@faridarahman2659]

Would highly recommend the tv show Maid if people are interested in these types of movies!

[@fim1968]

If you're interested in the topic, I highly recommend you view anything by Belgian directors Dardene brothers. Amazing work, they are in my top 4 directors of all time. Poverty and marginalized communities are their bread and butter and they're very good at conveying their message. Their movies appear simple but are really powerful.

[@Rachel-uq1bn]

I just watched the Florida Project on your recommendation and it has broken me🥺

[@krista6538]

Not a movie, but during a difficult time, Shamless was a comfort to watch. While obviously there are unrealistic aspects of it (like Carl becoming a gang leader), the portrayal of the ugly parts of poverty are well done, as well as how these struggles are drastically worsened by substance abuse, mental illness, pregnancy and gentrification. Oh, and I LOVE Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, as well as Parasite, Roma, Lady Bird...great choices.

[@LSK1]

King Vicerys directed a movie ?!?!

[@MicheleHerrmann]

Both the book and film version of "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" puts a warm take on a family of nine kids and two parents whose writer penned about her real life mom. Her mom was a gifted writer but during the contesting of the fifties used her prize earnings to feed their family.

[@MicheleHerrmann]

Also Up in the Air, as it is set around the 2008 economic crash and George Clooney's character getting 1 Million Miles due to flying to companies to fire people.

[@ladyariananorth]

I recommend the movie Frozen River.

[@jnada101]

This isn't a movie but I really recommend watching the Netflix show Maid, Chelsea! Unless you already watched it?

[@justicewilson7929]

I think a good honourable mention is Pretty In Pink

[@OldLadyReacts]

I was thinking this too! That discussion she has with the school principal "I'm lucky the people of this town allow me to get such a good education here, aren't I?" (Or something like that.)

[@sarahdeveau4881]

Taika Waititi's Boy.

[@taniamorin4355]

Yes, absolutely. And specifically poverty while surrounded by extended family. Going on “adventures” or just hanging out with cousins was 90% of my social interacts as a kid

[@ftlbaby]

Starts at 3:30

[@coryascott]

Ironic that a video about class is sponsored by Saks

[@YoYo-gt5iq]

I would have preferred spoilers so at least I know what the heck you're talking about

[@jcrockett2544]

“out of the furnace” “Revolutionary Road”

[@phoebexxlouise]

You might enjoy Oranges + Sunshine! It's a heartbreaking true story!

[@ranahanani7625]

A Home of Our Own

[@amarsuljagic]

Good choice of movies. 😁

[@KathyHasRamen]

I recommend Blindspotting.

[@OsirisMalkovich]

"Sacsoffifth" sounds like an eldritch horror from beyond space and time. Have fun shopping with Cthulhu

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

21:48 exactly it's impossible to be both the conformist and the rebel. One cannot serve two masters, faithfully.

[@pasteldekoala]

omg did anyone else notice Mona twitching? hehehe

[@Quixotic1018]

Not a movie, but Atlanta does a great job of showing class struggle and race relations through and absurdist humor lens.

[@francescaeve8776]

I Daniel Blake is one of the most heartbreaking movies iv seen in a long time. It felt so bleak to watch.

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

you look extremely cozy