THEME EXPLORATION

homelessness

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 · Gabriele Muccino
Dodes’ka-den
Dodes’ka-den
1970 · Akira Kurosawa
Laughing Times
Laughing Times
1980 · John Woo
Trying to Get Arrested
Trying to Get Arrested
1909 · D.W. Griffith
A la deriva
A la deriva
2009 · Ventura Pons
Détresse et charité
Détresse et charité
1904 · Georges Méliès
The Journey
The Journey
1992 · Fernando Solanas
The Man with the Axe
The Man with the Axe
1979 · Mrinal Sen
The Soloist
The Soloist
2009 · Joe Wright
The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game
2024 · Thea Sharrock
There Is a Japanese Woman in My Room
There Is a Japanese Woman in My Room
2019 · EROPING
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' unflinchingly examine poverty and homelessness in working-class Britain.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

'Nomadland' presents an intimate portrait of economically displaced Americans living in vans, treating homelessness with dignity and lyrical realism.

 Sean Baker United States

'The Florida Project' captures the lives of children living in motels on the margins of society with compassion and unflinching honesty.