THEME EXPLORATION

cheap hotel

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mystery Train
Mystery Train
1989 · Jim Jarmusch
The Million Dollar Hotel
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 · Wim Wenders
Silence
Silence
2016 · Martin Scorsese
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
Hôtel du Nord
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Marcel Carné
So Long at the Fair
So Long at the Fair
1950 · Terence Fisher
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Christina
Christina
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
Caravan of songs
Caravan of songs
1955 · Sergio Corbucci
E tu vivrai nel terrore: L’aldila
E tu vivrai nel terrore: L’aldila
1981 · Lucio Fulci
In Transit
In Transit
1986 · Cédric Klapisch
Room in Rome
Room in Rome
2010 · Julio Medem
Always Be with You
Always Be with You
2017 · Herman Yau
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
1990 · Kenji Kodama
High Spirits
High Spirits
1988 · Neil Jordan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wim Wenders Germany

His films repeatedly explore transient spaces and human disconnection in anonymous urban environments, particularly hotels as metaphors for existential displacement.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

He transforms cramped hotel rooms and neon-lit urban decay into poetic spaces that capture loneliness, desire, and the melancholy of transient lives.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak, atmospheric films use decaying institutional spaces and dingy accommodations to explore human despair and the margins of society.