THEME EXPLORATION

immigrant workers

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 · Ken Loach
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
2003 · Martin Scorsese
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
The Little Sister
The Little Sister
2026 · Hafsia Herzi
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Eugene Yi
Code Unknown
Code Unknown
2000 · Michael Haneke
Trunk Conveyor
Trunk Conveyor
1954 · Lindsay Anderson
Trauma
Trauma
1993 · Dario Argento
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Lars von Trier
Reconstruction
Reconstruction
1970 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972 · Nagisa Oshima
A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year
2014 · J.C. Chandor
Carry On Regardless
Carry On Regardless
1961 · Ralph Thomas
Chinese Doctors
Chinese Doctors
2021 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006 · Tsai Ming-liang
If You Were Me
If You Were Me
2003 · Park Jin-pyo
Image
Image
2014 · Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
The Childe
The Childe
2023 · Park Jung-hoon
The Namesake
The Namesake
2006 · Mira Nair
The City of Lost Souls
The City of Lost Souls
2000 · Takashi Miike
They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob
1966 · Michael Powell
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' powerfully chronicle the struggles of working-class and immigrant communities facing systemic inequality.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films such as 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore the lives of marginalized immigrant families and undocumented workers with profound humanistic compassion.

 Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil

Through films like 'Neighboring Sounds' and 'Aquarius,' he examines class dynamics and the invisible labor of immigrant workers within Brazilian society.