THEME EXPLORATION
generational crime
34 films · 3 directors
Tracing the thread…
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan
His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' examine how poverty and desperation transmit criminal behavior across family generations.
Ken Loach United KingdomHis socially conscious cinema, particularly 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You', explores how systemic inequality forces successive generations into illegal survival.
Cary Joji Fukunaga United StatesHis work in 'Maniac' and 'Beasts of No Nation' investigates intergenerational trauma and how violence cycles through families and communities.