Here we've displayed a list of the best Gentrification films : Bait(2019), Medicine for Melancholy(2008), Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo(1984), The Church(2018), Everyday People(2004), Christmas Tree Lane(2020) ... ...
Drama
UK
2019
89 Minutes
Morgan Val Baker Georgia Ellery Martin Ellis Chloe Endean Stacey Guthrie Giles King Edward Rowe Simon Shepherd Tristan Sturrock Janet Thirlaway Isaac Woodvine
fisherman brother tourist love interest local brooding melancholy somber suspenseful cornwall seaside harbor cottage united kingdom ship fishing loss of job tourism struggle anger
Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour.
Drama, Romance
USA
2008
88 Minutes
Wyatt Cenac Tracey Heggins Melissa Bisagni Brent Weinbach John Friedberg
political activist love interest boyfriend tender calm san francisco apartment museum unlikely romance class conflict gentrification one-night stand conversation relationships love discovery 2000s
Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.
Musical
USA
1984
94 Minutes
Lucinda Dickey Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers Susie Bono Harry Caesar Jo De Winter John Christy Ewing Sabrina GarcĂa
dancer break dancer best friend developer father latina campy offbeat california ghetto recreation center club hospital house racial tension break dancing money gentrification love triangle underdog
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
Horror
USA
2018
81 Minutes
Bill Moseley Matthew Nadu Clint Howard Ashley C. Williams Lisa Wilcox Deitra Leak Holly Zuelle Shaun Paul Costello
minister family member wife church leader congregation members spirit uneasy creepy frightening brooding brutal church parking lot house basement philadelphia church greed haunting gentrification
The pastor of a landmark church is the sole hold-out in a Philadelphia neighborhood earmarked for gentrification. But soon, the spirits of congregational members past begin to make their displeasure known. Who are the righteous among them?
Drama
2004
91 Minutes
Jordan Gelber Bridget Barkan Stephen McKinley Henderson Sydnee Stewart Billoah Greene Reg E. Cathey Stephen Axelrod Iris Little-Thomas Ron Butler Erik LaRay Harvey
restaurant owner restaurant employee patron young man corporate stooge spirited charming brooklyn, n.y. restaurant street social change gentrification restaurant business inner-city life friendship underdog transformation 2000s
Customers and staff (Bridget Barkan, Stephen McKinley Henderson) react to the news of a Jewish restaurateur's (Jordan Gelber) decision to sell his neighborhood eatery to developers.
Other, Drama, Romance
2020
84 Minutes
Alicia Witt Andrew W. Walker Drake Hogestyn Briana Price Paul McLean Shannon Engemann Malaika Guttoh Aubrey Reynolds
developer activist love interest campy charming cheeky endearing melodramatic street new york toronto gentrification capitalism romance christmas forbidden love underdog 2020s
When music store owner Meg spearheads community efforts to save her street from demolition, she is shocked to find out that the man she's falling for is working for the company that she is fighting.