) as he battles extreme poverty to provide a better life for his five-year-old son, Christopher Jaden Smith The Struggle

The 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness is a powerful, real-life drama that chronicles the journey of Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith

, to leave, leaving Chris as a single father. Soon after, he is evicted from his apartment and becomes homeless. The two are forced to sleep in homeless shelters, on buses, and, in a heartbreaking low point, a public restroom in a BART station. The Internship

. He is one of 20 interns competing for a single paid position. Throughout the six-month program, Chris manages to: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Set in 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner is a struggling salesman who has invested his life savings in portable bone-density scanners

. These devices are difficult to sell because they are expensive and seen as an unnecessary luxury by most doctors. The financial strain causes his wife,

Despite his dire circumstances, Chris secures an unpaid internship at the prestigious stock brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds