Here we've displayed a list of the best Tenement House films : Rocco and His Brothers(1960), Tiger Bay(1959), Harrison Montgomery(2008), The Regeneration(1915), Blondie of the Follies(1932), A Kiss in the Dark(1949), Boy of the Streets(1937), Sidewalks of New York(1931), Kill the Poor(2003), The Gorbals Story(1950), The Hedgehog(2009) ... ...
Drama
Italy|France
1960
155 Minutes
Alain Delon Renato Salvatori Annie Girardot Katina Paxinou Roger Hanin Paolo Stoppa Suzy Delair Claudia Cardinale Spiros Focas Max Cartier Rocco Vidolazzi
widow son boxer wife prostitute student melodramatic moving sad italy train station milan tenement house church boxing ring city vs. country brother relationship poverty relocation infidelity
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
105 Minutes
young girl murderer detective street urchin sailor witness suspenseful shocking dark melodramatic cardiff, wales tenement house police station street church witnessing murder investigation conspiracy unlikely friendship deception
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Drama
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Martin Landau Melora Walters Octavio Gómez Berrios Krista Ott
abusive boyfriend artist drug dealer young girl old man neighbor gritty inspiring striking san francisco tenement house street senility poverty overcoming the odds survival self-sacrifice unlikely friendship underdog temptation
In a rundown apartment complex in San Francisco's Tenderloin, a septuagenarian seer is waiting for his final message. For decades the eccentric recluse has chronicled the phrases of the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1915
82 Minutes
Rockliffe Fellowes Anna Q. Nilsson William A. Sheer Carl Harbaugh James Marcus Johnny McCann Maggie Weston Harry McCoy
gang leader socialite district attorney gangster alcoholic orphan rousing fascinating emotional new york city tenement house bar graveyard gangs redemption murder child abuse fire poverty love
A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.
Comedy
USA
1932
90 Minutes
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Billie Dove James Gleason Jimmy Durante ZaSu Pitts Sidney Toler Douglas Dumbrille Sarah Padden Louise Carter
showgirl young woman friend performer boyfriend father emotional spirited amusing new york city theater tenement house stage speakeasy family home show business friendship relationships love triangle career aspirations
Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.
Romance
USA
1949
87 Minutes
David Niven Jane Wyman Victor Moore Wayne Morris Broderick Crawford Joseph Buloff Maria Ouspenskaya Curt Bois Percival Vivien Raymond Greenleaf Frank Dae
pianist model manager insurance salesman owner neighbor playful charming amusing engaging tenement house roof apartment woods unlikely romance music anxiety isolation class distinctions outsider
An exhausted concert pianist learns he is the owner of an apartment building; after being advised to move there to rest, he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants.
Drama
USA
1937
76 Minutes
Jackie Cooper Maureen O'Connor Kathleen Burke Robert E. O'Connor Marjorie Main Guy Usher Matty Fain George Cleveland Bill Elliott Don Latorre
teen boy doctor neighbor orphan mother police officer melodramatic powerful spirited new york city slum apartment tenement house nightclub gangs street life racketeering moral dilemma political corruption going straight
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
Comedy
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Buster Keaton Zion Myers Anita Page Cliff Edwards Frank Rowan Norman Phillips Jr. Frank LaRue Oscar Apfel Syd Saylor Clark Marshall
philanthropist young man leader sister gang member love interest thrilling brash amusing tenement house street boxing ring gym court stage rehabilitation brother/sister relationship juvenile crime gangs boxing
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
Drama
USA
2003
84 Minutes
David Krumholtz Clara Bellar Paul Calderon Jon Budinoff Cliff Gorman Damian Young Heather Burns Otto Sanchez Zak Orth Larry Gilliard Jr.
new yorker stripper frenchwoman boxer drug dealer uncle hilarious offbeat frenetic new york city lower east side tenement house apartment basement newsstand marriage relocation poverty neighbors cross-cultural relations
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1950
74 Minutes
Howard Connell Betty Henderson Russell Hunter Roddy McMillan Jack Stewart Archie Duncan Marjorie Thompson Isobel Campbell
artist neighbor family amusing tender winsome spirited gritty glasgow slum tenement house poverty aspirations working class underdog rise growing up 1950s
A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
Comedy, Drama
2009
100 Minutes
Josiane Balasko Togo Igawa Garance Le Guillermic Anne Brochet Ariane Ascaride Wladimir Yordanoff Jean-Luc Porraz Gisèle Casadesus Mona Heftre Valérie Karsenti Sarah Le Picard
hedgehog child neighbor engaging court tenement house fate suicide peace growing up
While planning her suicide, a precocious 11-year-old (Garance Le Guillermic) befriends a new neighbor (Togo Igawa) and a prickly recluse (Josiane Balasko).