Drama
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Killing Mad Dogs
The Postman
Flow and Ebb
Bone Idle
Stroszek
Inventing the Abbotts
American Sole
Saint George
Breaking Away
Something About Her
Beat Street
Nil by Mouth
Heat
The Bright Day
Shadows
Chuck Chuck Baby
Saving God
Pistol Whipped
Vacant
Shelter
SIMILAR MOVIES
Killing Mad Dogs
IMDB 5.8 | Feb , 2001
Golrokh, an Iranian author, struggles to settle her husband's debts caused by a business partner who left him to bear the consequences.The Postman
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1972
A political metaphor based on Karl Buchner's "Woyzeck": a simpleminded mailman ends up committing a murder.Flow and Ebb
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2024
Crab fishers Fred and Malte have never talked about their feelings. After a stroke of fate Fred experiences a mental breakdown.Bone Idle
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
A social realism / dark comedy drama focused on the lives and struggles of working class youth. After a series of noise complaints, due to Darren's night-time activities, Matt is told he will receive a surprise inspection from the council. One night, while Matt is at work, Darren throws his biggest party yet, which breaks out into chaos and violence, falling on the day of the inspection.Stroszek
IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 1977
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.Inventing the Abbotts
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 1997
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.American Sole
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
Two twenty-year-old men with mountains of college debt use the fast cash of after-market sneaker reselling to achieve their American dream. But when their startup runs out of cash and a shady investor is their only way out, the dream quickly becomes a nightmare.Saint George
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2017
In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife, who has decided to return to Brazil. As a means of paying off his debt and persuading his wife to remain in Portugal, Jorge accepts a job with a debt-collection agency, which will drag him into a world of violence and crime.Breaking Away
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1979
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.Something About Her
IMDB 4 | Mar , 2021
A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal.Beat Street
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1984
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.Nil by Mouth
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 1997
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.Heat
IMDB 4 | Jun , 1963
An idealistic high school graduate goes to work on a state farm on the Kazakh steppe, only to clash with its authoritarian leader.The Bright Day
IMDB 8.2 | Nov , 2013
THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each of seven reluctant witnesses to come forward. No one lacks a hidden agenda in this drama in which shades of truth collide with self-interest and the specter of payback. (Gene Siskel Film Center)Shadows
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 1982
The life of an ordinary working class family in Bagnolet's block of council flats, Paris' suburb. "I've spent 17 years here. I sacrificed myself for you. Now it's over. " says the mother, who dreams of being a singer. Between a pre-teen rocker brother and a disillusioned father, daughter Nathalie brings balance into this breaking-down family.Chuck Chuck Baby
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2024
Helen's mundane life at the chicken factory takes an unexpected turn with Joanne's return. They were each other's secret teenage passion. As they fall in love, Helen's zest for life returns but Joanne faces something darker from her past.Saving God
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 2008
Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.Pistol Whipped
IMDB 5.4 | Mar , 2008
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious gangsters, he make s decision that will change his life - forever.Vacant
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
A wandering homeless man seizes an opportunity.Shelter
IMDB 7.8 | Jun , 2007
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.