THEME EXPLORATION

class decline

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
Tasogare Sakaba
Tasogare Sakaba
1955 · Tomu Uchida
At Full Throttle
At Full Throttle
2021 · Miro Remo
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Elippathayam
Elippathayam
1982 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Luca Guadagnino
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993 · Tran Anh Hung
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle the struggles of working-class people facing systemic economic decline and social marginalization in modern Britain.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

He explores class anxiety and economic precarity through intimate character studies of lower and middle-class families navigating social change.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

His work examines the dissolution of social structures and class hierarchies through portraits of individuals caught in economic and cultural transitions.