tenement movies

The Raid (2012)
7.413 / 10

Action, Thriller, Crime

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down...

Dead End (1937)
6.952 / 10

Crime, Drama

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of...

In America (2003)
7.17 / 10

Drama

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Street Scene (1931)
6.8 / 10

Drama, Romance

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot....

A Patch of Blue (1965)
7.5 / 10

Drama, Romance

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

The Window (1949)
6.982 / 10

Thriller, Crime, Drama

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
7.5 / 10

Drama

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well...

L'Appartement (2021)
0 / 10

Comedy

The Long Night (1947)
5.8 / 10

Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

The Easiest Way (1931)
5.3 / 10

Drama, Romance

Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation...

One Third of a Nation (1939)
6.2 / 10

Drama

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

Rafter Romance (1933)
6.5 / 10

Comedy, Romance

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.

The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
6.2 / 10

Crime, Drama

A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

Straight Is the Way (1934)
5.5 / 10

Drama, Romance

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.

The Sunbeam (1912)
6.3 / 10

Drama, Comedy

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks...

Three's a Crowd (1927)
5.3 / 10

Comedy

Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children...

Maya (1961)
6 / 10

Drama, Romance

Disillusioned with his wealthy friends, a man pretends to be poor and goes to live in the slums where he falls in love with a burglar's sister.

Taste of the Tenement (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

There’s no one taste or flavor to define a neighborhood, especially one like the Lower East Side. Follow us on a culinary journey of food...