THEME EXPLORATION

home life struggles

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cold War
Cold War
1951 · Jack Kinney
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Calle Malaga
Calle Malaga
2026 · Maryam Touzani
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
Diary of a Nobody
Diary of a Nobody
1964 · Ken Russell
Swing Shift
Swing Shift
1984 · Jonathan Demme
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Kagirinaki Zenshin
Kagirinaki Zenshin
1937 · Tomu Uchida
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Cactus River
Cactus River
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 · Pedro Almodóvar
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films unflinchingly depict working-class domestic hardship, poverty, and family conflict with documentary-like realism.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He explores the intimate complexities of family bonds, economic struggles, and the quiet crises of everyday household life.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His character-driven films capture the emotional tensions, relationship breakdowns, and mundane traumas within family homes.