THEME EXPLORATION

domestic struggle

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
I, Tonya
I, Tonya
2017 · Craig Gillespie
The Mistake
The Mistake
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Conjugal Warfare
Conjugal Warfare
1975 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
My Love Ua Ua
My Love Ua Ua
1974 · Yannis Dalianidis
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993 · Tran Anh Hung
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pain and Glory
Pain and Glory
2019 · Pedro Almodóvar
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
La belle endormie
La belle endormie
2010 · Catherine Breillat
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Streetheart
Streetheart
1998 · Charles Binamé
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
The Good Life
The Good Life
1997 · Stephen Berra
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
Affection
Affection
2026 · BT Meza
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Mikio Naruse Japanese

Unflinching portraits of ordinary people enduring quiet desperation and social hardship.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films intimately explore family dynamics, economic hardship, and the bonds between parents and children through deeply humanistic storytelling.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His slow-cinema approach dissects intimate family conflicts, moral dilemmas, and the psychological toll of domestic relationships with surgical precision.