THEME EXPLORATION

daily labor

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
1948 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Empty Nets
Empty Nets
2023 · Behrooz Karamizade
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Herbert J. Biberman
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Dracula
Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude
The Tigers
The Tigers
2026 · Alberto Rodríguez
Blood and Soul
Blood and Soul
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Evening Stream
Evening Stream
1960 · Mikio Naruse
Fårö-dokument
Fårö-dokument
1979 · Ingmar Bergman
Fruit Punch
Fruit Punch
1991 · Clara Law
Strike
Strike
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
There Will Be No Leave Today
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959 · Andrei Tarkovsky
The European Showerbath
The European Showerbath
2004 · Peter Greenaway
El impostor
El impostor
1960 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Land in Revolt: Black Gold
Land in Revolt: Black Gold
2011 · Fernando Solanas
Labor Party election commercials
Labor Party election commercials
1974 · Phillip Noyce
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
1954 · Elia Kazan
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
2008 · Richard Franklin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict the struggles of working-class people navigating economic hardship and systemic injustice through intimate portrayals of daily labor and survival.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her documentarian approach in films like 'Nomadland' captures the dignity and complexity of precarious work and itinerant labor in contemporary America.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His compassionate cinema explores the interconnected lives of working-class families, focusing on how daily labor and domestic work shape human relationships and meaning.