THEME EXPLORATION

petty theft

19 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
1959 · Mauro Bolognini
Money Crazy
Money Crazy
1977 · John Woo
Raining in the Mountain
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Christina
Christina
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
Les Trésors de satan
Les Trésors de satan
1902 · Georges Méliès
The Saint
The Saint
1997 · Phillip Noyce
The Singing Thief
The Singing Thief
1969 · Chang Cheh
Um Ladrão
Um Ladrão
1980 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
When the Fog Lifts
When the Fog Lifts
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Louis Malle France

His film 'Au revoir les enfants' and 'Zazie dans le métro' explore moral ambiguity and petty transgressions within intimate, humanistic narratives.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' depict how economic desperation drives characters to small crimes and survival tactics.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His masterpiece 'Shoplifters' profoundly examines petty theft as a survival mechanism for marginalized families with empathy and moral complexity.