Hobo (1992)

Basada en la obra de teatro de René Fauchois, que el gran Jean Renoir ya llevó al cine en 1932 con "Boudu salvado de las aguas" -Boudu sauvé des eaux-. Un vagabundo decide suicidarse tirándose a una piscina de un magnate de Hollywood que le salva y le acoge en su casa.

El señor Smith (Clive Owen), un misterioso y solitario pistolero, desbarata involuntariamente un extraño complot, cuando rescata a un bebé de una muerte segura. Para alimentar a su pequeño protegido, contrata a una prostituta (Monica Bellucci). Desde ese momento los dos se convierten en el objetivo de un peligroso mafioso (Paul Giamatti), que enviará a sus sicarios para eliminar al niño.

Unos monstruos humanoides asesinos viven en las cloacas de Nueva York. Un fotógrafo, un policía y un loco vagabundo que parecen saber mucho sobre las criaturas intentarán juntos descubrir más sobre los extraños seres para poder detenerlos.

Estrenada primero en Portugal el 5 de Diciembre 1941. Obsesionado con la idea de rodar una película sobre la miseria y el sufrimiento, el director de cine John L. Sullivan convence a los ejecutivos del estudio para que le permitan recorrer el país disfrazado de vagabundo antes de empezar a rodar. Después de trabajar como peón para una viuda que espera de él algo más que cortar leña, huye de su casa, pero el camión que lo recoge lo lleva de vuelta a Hollywood. Sintiéndose completamente frustrado, Sully entra en una cafetería, donde conoce a una actriz rubia, que, entusiasmada con su proyecto, decide acompañarlo en su aventura.

Oregón, 1933. Entre los vagabundos sin trabajo que, durante la Gran Depresión, se desplazan de un estado a otro viajando clandestinamente en los trenes, el número uno es "El emperador del norte" (Marvin), llamado así por su astucia para burlar a los ferroviarios. Dos hombres aspiran a arrebatarle el título, pero para ello tendrán que llegar a Portland en el tren de Sack (Borgnine), un sádico e implacable maquinista. Inspirada en las aventuras de Jack London.

Historia del cantante y compositor Woody Guthrie. Ambientada en la época de la Gran Depresión (años 30), presenta al cantante recorriendo América en ferrocarril, gracias a lo cual llega a conocer a muchísima gente afectada por la miseria más extrema.

Estados Unidos, años 30. Durante la Gran Depresión, un vagabundo es reclutado por un partido político de su ciudad para colaborar en un fraude electoral.

En plena Gran Depresión, dos adolescentes huyen de su casa para no ser una carga para sus familias que se han quedado sin trabajo. El camino será más difícil de lo esperado.

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.

While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a terrifying and vicious secret below the city's surface.

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

Just as the original hobos of the early 20th century were scorned the mainstream of society, so too are today's train riders. FREELOAD is a dive into a beggar's existence. It is a ride through America's backyard. It is a musical endeavor that feels like a drama. It is a sociological examination of the ignored.

Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play's ridiculous plot. If Michael fails, he must work in Carlton's meat packing plant.

Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers relay the experiences and painful recollections of these now-elderly survivors of the rails. Forced to travel more by economic necessity than the spirit of adventure, the film's subjects dispel romantic myths of a hobo existence and its corresponding veneer of freedom. Riding the Rails recounts the hoboes' trade secrets for survival and accounts of dank miseries, loneliness, imprisonment, death, and dispossession. Sixty years later, the filmmakers transport their subjects back to the tracks, where the surging impact of sound and movement resuscitates memories of a shattered adolescence and devastating rite of passage.

The story of a young boy so obsessed with placing pennies on the railroad tracks that it's in fact tearing his family apart. Soon he meets a hobo which changes his life forever.

Las creencias fanáticas de un místico de Internet, el líder de una secta y un policía novato se ponen a prueba en la búsqueda del "Hombre Oculto".

A hobo named the Professor and his son, Charlie McCarthy, believe there's money buried in an abandoned house which was previously owned by a fellow named Herbie Larkin. Pretending to be Herbie's brother, the Professor dreams of finding the money by consulting a gypsy fortune teller, who conjures up more than Charlie likes. The reality of the situation eventually sets in.

Irish director John T Davis stashes a camera in his bedroll, catches out, and rides the rails from Minneapolis to Seattle with Beargrease, a part-time hobo and full time philosopher, who narrates their way through the incredible scenery of the Northwest and gives us his views on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The pair meet up several other men living life on the margins: in particular a scene in which Duffy - an ex-corporate executive now living under a bridge in Spokane & collecting cans - describes how he got there is riveting.

Moma is a hobo and suffers from depression. Ema is a hobo and had been treated for alcoholism. Moma lives in the abandoned factory premises. Ema lives in the shaft. Moma liked Ema at first sight. Ema liked Moma at second sight.

Documentary - Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remarkable examination of the uniquely American Hobo.