THEME EXPLORATION

class struggle and poverty

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
1941 · John Ford
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Baby’s Shoe
A Baby’s Shoe
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Dead End
Dead End
1937 · William Wyler
Flunky, Work Hard
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · Mikio Naruse
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse
1954 · J. Lee Thompson
Les Bas-fonds
Les Bas-fonds
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
1958 · Tony Richardson
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
1953 · Kon Ichikawa
Musik i mörker
Musik i mörker
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Citizen
The Citizen
1977 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Wagoner
The Wagoner
1963 · Ousmane Sembène
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
Baba
Baba
1971 · Yílmaz Güney
Conjugal Warfare
Conjugal Warfare
1975 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Chengshi zhi ye
Chengshi zhi ye
1933 · Fei Mu
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Evolution of a Filipino Family
Evolution of a Filipino Family
2004 · Lav Diaz
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006 · Tsai Ming-liang
Mirreyes vs Godínez
Mirreyes vs Godínez
2019 · Chava Cartas
Raven's End
Raven's End
1963 · Bo Widerberg
Rich and Poor
Rich and Poor
1983 · Pasquale Festa Campanile
Sink & Rise
Sink & Rise
2004 · Bong Joon-ho
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict working-class struggles and systemic poverty with unflinching realism and social compassion.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

He explores poverty and class inequality through intimate family narratives that reveal the dignity and resilience of marginalized individuals.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His films examine post-communist rural poverty and class divisions with stark cinematography and profound social critique.