Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "housing-shortage"

1. Walk Don't Run (1966)

Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Romance

During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, John Standing

Votes: 4,526 | Gross: $9.81M

2. The More the Merrier (1943)

Passed | 104 min | Comedy

During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines

Votes: 7,485

3. Since You Went Away (1944)

Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War

With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.

Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple

Votes: 5,097

4. Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason

Votes: 1,003

5. Die Geschwister (2016)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Neukölln, a trendy district in Berlin. Living space is scarce here. Without surety, proof of credit worthiness and salary there is no chance at all now. Thies knows this game; he works for ... See full summary »

Director: Jan Krüger | Stars: Vladimir Burlakov, Julius Nitschkoff, Irina Potapenko, Hilmi Sözer

Votes: 264

6. Berlin 1945 (2020)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.

Stars: Simon Brauer, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Yvette Coetzee, Lucie David

Votes: 320

7. Without Love (1945)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance

In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 2,714

8. The Spirit of '45 (2013)

94 min | Documentary, History

A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Eileen Thompson, Julian Tudor Hart, Dai Walters, Sam Watts

Votes: 1,309

9. The Roof (1956)

91 min | Comedy, Drama

A married couple learns that it is possible to build an illegal house in the outskirts of Rome, as long as it is erected in one single night and has a roof.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Gabriella Pallotta, Giorgio Listuzzi, Gastone Renzelli, Angelo Bigioni

Votes: 1,384

10. The Doughgirls (1944)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy

While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.

Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman

Votes: 776

11. Danger Signal (1945)

Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 1,114

12. Standing Room Only (1944)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance, War

During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Edward Arnold, Hillary Brooke

Votes: 232

13. Returning to Reims (Fragments) (2021)

83 min | Documentary

Based on the novel by Didier Eribon, the film tells an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.

Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Jacques Delors, Jacques Duclos, Lionel Jospin

Votes: 255

14. Girl Trouble (1942)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance

A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke, Frank Craven

Votes: 172

15. Meet the People (1944)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Musical

An idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr

Votes: 488

16. Rosie the Riveter (1944)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In wartime 1944 in California, defense plant workers Rosalind "Rosie" Warren and her friend Vera Watson must share, on a rotating schedule, the town's last available rental room with ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson, Barbara Jo Allen, Frank Jenks

Votes: 88

17. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Romance, War

A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.

Director: Joe May | Stars: Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Minna Gombell

Votes: 300

18. Hi, Beautiful (1944)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Patty Callahan (Martha O'Driscoll) and Jeff Peters (Noah Beery, Jr.) win a "Happiest GI Couple" contest but there is a problem...they are not married.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr., Hattie McDaniel, Walter Catlett

Votes: 34

19. Pardon My French (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Paul Henreid, Merle Oberon, Paul Bonifas, Maximilienne

Votes: 39

20. Club de femmes (1956)

81 min | Drama

A seriocomedy centralized in an all-female boarding house. Forced to band together because of a housing shortage, the film's heroines set up camp in a deserted structure, despite the tongue-cluckings of local busybodies and do-gooders.

Director: Ralph Habib | Stars: Nicole Courcel, Dany Carrel, Ivan Desny, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Votes: 29

21. The Squatter Next Door (2019 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary

Storm investigates the growing number of squatters taking over some of the estimated 200,000 empty buildings in the UK. Are they free-loaders, or exercising a basic human right? She talks with people on both sides of the divide.

Star: Storm

22. Before Grenfell: A Hidden History (2018 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, History

The Grenfell Tower tragedy exposed the huge inequality within the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Local residents tell the story, 150 years in the making, of how it became the most unequal place in Britain.

Director: James Ross | Star: Danny John-Jules

Votes: 8

23. So You Want an Apartment (1948)

Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short

Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore, Creighton Hale, Jane Harker

Votes: 142

24. Homes for Veterans (1946)

25 min | Documentary, Short

This documentary short addresses the problems of finding housing for returning WW2 veterans and offers possible solutions for the housing shortage.

25. Hotel Copenhagen (2004 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

Documentary about housing shortage in Copenhagen.

Director: Poul Martinsen | Stars: Ellen Hansen, Laila Schmidt, Majbrit Thomassen, Anita Richard

26. Under röda fanor (1931)

47 min

Made for the 1932 municipal election by the Social Democrats in Stockholm. The labor movement's emerging in Sweden. Welfare evolving. A young couple rents a modern apartment.

Director: Per-Axel Branner | Stars: Astrid Bodin, Julia Cæsar, Nils Ekstam, Olle Florin

27. The Housing Problem (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short

A topical post-WWII cartoon dealing with the shortage of housing for the returning military people and their families. In this one, though, the family having a housing problem is a family ... See full summary »

Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Sid Raymond

Votes: 20

28. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode: Cathy Come Home (1966)

75 min | Drama

A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis, Wally Patch

Votes: 1,172

29. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: Cashing in on the Housing Crisis (2020)

29 min | Documentary, News

In 2013, a change in planning laws meant companies could buy up and convert old office blocks into homes without planning permission. This programme meets some of those now housed in such blocks by local councils.

Director: Tom Jenner | Star: Callum Tulley

30. Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode: Episode #4.105 (2021)

96 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Jeremy asks - Should the road map out of lockdown be delayed? Is it right to build 100,000's of new homes on green belt land? Should Prince Harry be praised for talking about mental health? Plus, Stories of the Day and Talking Telly.

Director: Bee Badik | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Adjoa Andoh, Michael Booker

31. Wendover Productions (2015– )
Episode: Why California Has So Many Problems (2023)

23 min | Documentary

By many measures California is like and island and sometimes acts like and independent country. That makes for some major benefits but also some intractable problems.

Star: Sam Denby

32. Cheddar (2017– )
Episode: The Plan to Literally Expand New York City - Cheddar Explains (2022)

8 min | Documentary

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Stars: Jason M. Barr, Karin Shedd

33. Two Cents (2018– )
Episode: Are Millennials Finally Doing Okay? (2023)

8 min | Family

New research indicates that earlier research predicting a wealth gap between Millenials and earlier generations was premature. Now that the 2008 recession is over and the student loans are ... See full summary »

Directors: Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews | Stars: Julia Lorenz-Olsen, Philip Olson

34. Dispatches (1987– )
Episode: Getting Rich from the Housing Crisis (2018)

26 min | Documentary, News

Britain faces a major housing shortage so how is it that some of those who are responsible for providing the social housing that is so desperately needed seem to be doing so well out of the crisis?

Director: Roger Corke | Stars: Antony Barnett, Judi Bos, Karen Buck, Ian Henderson

35. Dispatches (1987– )
Episode: Homeless and Working (2018)

26 min | Documentary, News

Datshiane Navanayagam goes behind the scenes at two homeless shelters in London to reveal the growing number of people who are in work but are unable to afford high private rents in a low wage economy.

Director: Charles Young | Star: Datshiane Navanayagam