You can go with The bicycle thief (aka Ladri di Biciclette) by Vittorio De Sica. It's a very good movie from 1948 about a man in dire economic conditions (in post-war Italy) who finally gets a job, but he needs his bicycle for it - and it gets stolen. The movie details his attempts to get his bike back, and how it affects him and his family. You can analyze the gradual loss of dignity that the main characters goes through.
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