In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
Carly Norris søger lidt forandring i livet efter et ulykkeligt ægteskab og beslutter sig for at købe en ny lejlighed på Manhattan. Hendes nye hjem ligger i et typisk Manhattan boligkompleks, hvor de enkelte lejligheder er omringet af mystiske og sørgelige skæbner. Blandt Carlys nye naboer er Zeke Hawkins, som er en ung velhavende ungkarl samt Jack Landsford, der er forfatter. Carly indleder et forhold til den unge Zeke, men ser sig pludselig forført af en mystisk verden, hvor grænserne mellem fantasi og virkelighed er meget spinkle...
Poindexter og hans familie har ingen penge. Men hans kammerat har en plan, der kan skaffe dem de manglende penge. For den forhadte ejer af en stor skummel villa i udkanten af byen, har en uvurderlig møntsamling. Sammen bryder de ind i villaen - og møder grufulde, navnløse rædsler. For værten og hans kone har i årevis pint og holdt udkyldige børn indespærret i kælderen og forvandlet dem til grådige uhyrer i menneskeskikkelser.
25 year old Danny Hill's grandmother just died giving Danny the chance to move into her enormous rent controlled apartment in Manhattan. Danny must lock himself in for twelve days before he can take over the lease. There's just one problem -- he may not be the only occupant.
Da den 13-årige dreng Jakes bedstefar dør, flytter familien fra Manhattan og ind i farens gamle hjem i Brooklyn. Her møder Jake den karismatiske dreng Tony, hvis chilenske alenemor Leonor er skrædder og ejer butikken nedenunder. Der går dog ikke længe, før Jakes forældre Brian og Kathy – den ene en betrængt skuespiller og den anden psykoterapeut – beder Leonor om at underskrive en ny, strammere lejekontrakt. Noget der hurtigt skaber splid mellem de to parter. På trods af deres forældres uoverensstemmelser opbygger Jake og Tony et stærkt venskab. Men lidt efter lidt begynder forældrekonflikten at sætte sit præg på drengenes venskab.
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
Martin leaves his protective parents’ home and comes to Berlin as a law student with high hopes. He finds a tiny, run-down flat in a strange, dark apartment block, from which the previous tenant has disappeared without a trace. Having no luck with social contacts at the university, Martin quickly falls for his mysterious landlady Simone, who lives just next door behind a thin wall. Hoping to find trust and intimacy, Martin loses himself in the house’s disturbing world of sex and violence. Deep in the walls, Martin discovers the true horror of his first love.
Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
Reeling from a recent separation, a single mother and her young son move into a pub-attached house and fall prey to their invasive new landlord.
It proceeds to document the stages of sugar production once in the mill then shifts to the unrest outside where a sakada was shot to death by one of the hacienda's guards. A sakada is a farmer who works in a sugarcane field, harvesting it during the months of October to December.
The film was shot in an old, decrepit building where dozens of guest-workers' families live. The owner, a local influential politician, has avoided paying for the maintenance of the building under the legal standards by using his connections to proclaim the building a national cultural heritage. However, the rent he has been charging was as if the building were an object that offered standard comfort. The only German tenant takes the crew around and speaks of his battle against the landlord’s manipulation.
Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.
Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.
A tyrannical landlady in Hemet, California lords it over her tenants, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.
The Fall of the I-Hotel brings to life the battle for housing in San Francisco. The brutal eviction of the International Hotel's tenants culminated a decade of spirited resistance to the razing of Manilatown. The Fall of the I-Hotel works on several levels. It not only documents the struggle to save the I-Hotel, but also gives an overview of Filipino American history.
A group of children build a loft in an abandoned yard, but instead of pigeons, a man and his two sons move into it. At first, boys try to get rid of the unwanted intruders, but eventually they befriend with them. However, the municipality sends their men to tear down the illegal housing, but the children decide to stop them at all costs.