THEME EXPLORATION

class hierarchy

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Both You and I
Both You and I
1946 · Mikio Naruse
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
La Règle du jeu
La Règle du jeu
1939 · Jean Renoir
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Male and Female
Male and Female
1919 · Cecil B. DeMille
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
I Was Born, But…
I Was Born, But…
1932 · Yasujiro Ozu
Genesis
Genesis
1986 · Mrinal Sen
Journey’s End
Journey’s End
1930 · James Whale
Laos and Kolonaki
Laos and Kolonaki
1959 · Yannis Dalianidis
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Mirreyes vs Godínez
Mirreyes vs Godínez
2019 · Chava Cartas
The King of Pigs
The King of Pigs
2011 · Yeon Sang-ho
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
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
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
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Adoor Gopalakrishnan India · Adoor

Ritualistic narrative pacing that excavates moral decay beneath fractured social hierarchies.

 Payal Kapadia India · Mumbai

Patient cinema that excavates unspoken hierarchies through sustained, unflinching observation of daily life.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His neorealist films consistently expose class struggle and economic inequality through the lives of working-class characters fighting against systemic injustice.