THEME EXPLORATION

contemporary society

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Martin Scorsese
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films unflinchingly document the struggles of working-class people navigating welfare systems and economic inequality in modern Britain.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

She explores precarity and resilience in contemporary America through intimate portraits of people displaced by economic systems and social fragmentation.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His work examines family structures, economic hardship, and social bonds in contemporary Japan with compassion and subtle critique of modern institutional systems.