THEME EXPLORATION

boarding house life

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
House
House
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Shoplifters' explore communal living spaces and the bonds formed between unrelated people sharing confined domestic environments.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema frequently depicts working-class boarding house life and shared housing as spaces where economic struggle and human resilience intersect.