Hunger Movies

Biscut is a powerful film on the state of politics in Uttar Pradesh and offers a gritty and hard-hitting take on the treatment of the backward...

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the...

A few fugitives... And a very, very long way to freedom.

16mm. In one of the first films to use computer animation, director Peter Foldès depicts one man’s descent into greed and gluttony. ...

It's the dead of winter, a hungry wolf is out of food, and he's desperate.

Heckel and Jeckle decide it is too much trouble and time-consuming, not to mention wear-and-tear on their wings, to fly south for the winter, so they...

Snow White wakes up as a zombie and she is very hungry.

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.

During the largest food crisis in a century, a group of college students step up to help those facing hunger. Their small local effort inspires hope...

A government subsidized water facility "melts" down releasing a toxin into the water supply which turns the employees and population into soulless...

A muffin thief troubles Mr. Baker, so he seeks help from a sleek detective. They agree to catch the thief at night in the bakery in Baker Street.

Life on the breadline in the 1930s was hard enough, but times were desperate when you fell beneath it. Hunger marches organised by the National...

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his...

Synopsis: A rabbit couple tries to survive in a dying forest...

A mother and her son partake in a rage filled dinner together.

A woman struggles with an uncontrollable craving.

Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS...