THEME EXPLORATION

mother-in-law conflict

42 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
As the Bells Rang Out
As the Bells Rang Out
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows
2023 · Philip Yung Chi-Kwong
Keisatsukan
Keisatsukan
1933 · Tomu Uchida
Patlabor 2
Patlabor 2
1993 · Mamoru Oshii
Customs Frontline
Customs Frontline
2024 · Herman Yau
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Consumed
Consumed
2014 · David Cronenberg
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Satyajit Ray India

His films like 'Charulata' and 'Mahanagar' explore the tensions between traditional mothers-in-law and modernizing daughters-in-law within Indian family structures.

 Mikio Naruse Japan

His masterworks such as 'Mother' (1952) and 'Floating Clouds' (1955) deeply examine the destructive power of mother-in-law relationships and family obligation in post-war Japan.