THEME EXPLORATION

middle-class morality

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
An Honest Man
An Honest Man
1918 · Frank Borzage
Karuppu
Karuppu
2026 · RJ Balaji
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
I Vinti
I Vinti
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
2000 · Terence Davies
Viridiana
Viridiana
1961 · Luis Buñuel
Way Down East
Way Down East
1920 · D.W. Griffith
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · Derek Cianfrance
Le Prince
Le Prince
2021 · Lisa Bierwirth
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His films meticulously dissect the anxieties, pretensions, and emotional contradictions of middle-class British life through naturalistic performances and improvisational dialogue.

 Naoko Yamada Japan

His Tora-san series and family dramas examine the tensions between traditional middle-class values and individual desire in contemporary Japanese society.