landlord tenant relationship

18 movies and shows

The People Under the Stairs

Fri, 01 Nov 1991

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.

Sliver

Fri, 21 May 1993

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

Wed, 23 Oct 1963

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.

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.

Bill Cunningham New York

Wed, 16 Mar 2011

Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.

Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea

Sat, 24 Feb 2024

During a cannibalistic bath salts epidemic in Hemet, California, a tyrannical landlady lords it over her tenants, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.

There Ain't No Santa Claus

Sun, 12 Dec 1926

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.

The Cabin in the Cotton

Mon, 26 Sep 1932

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

Whispers Behind the Wall

Sun, 15 Sep 2013

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.

Living on Love

Fri, 12 Nov 1937

A man and a woman, who have never met, are forced by pecuniary circumstances to share the same basement apartment in shifts.

Little Men

Fri, 05 Aug 2016

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian, and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.

Pub House

Wed, 22 May 2024

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.

When the Pigeons Arrive

Tue, 16 Jul 1968

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.

Occupant

Fri, 14 Oct 2011

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.

The Fall of the I-Hotel

Wed, 15 Jun 1983

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.

Under the Protection of the State

Tue, 01 Apr 1975

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.

The Tenants

Fri, 20 Feb 1976

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.

Fair Rent

Tue, 15 Jul 1947

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.