THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and class

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Baby’s Shoe
A Baby’s Shoe
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Dead End
Dead End
1937 · William Wyler
Flunky, Work Hard
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · Mikio Naruse
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Les Bas-fonds
Les Bas-fonds
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Ningen moyo
Ningen moyo
1949 · Kon Ichikawa
The Wagoner
The Wagoner
1963 · Ousmane Sembène
Baba
Baba
1971 · Yílmaz Güney
Conjugal Warfare
Conjugal Warfare
1975 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Chengshi zhi ye
Chengshi zhi ye
1933 · Fei Mu
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Rich and Poor
Rich and Poor
1983 · Pasquale Festa Campanile
Sink & Rise
Sink & Rise
2004 · Bong Joon-ho
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Satyajit Ray British India [now India] · Calcutta

Cinema of quiet observation where meaning emerges from stillness and the unspoken weight of ordinary life.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently document the struggles of working-class individuals facing systemic poverty and inequality with unflinching realism.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He explores class divisions and economic hardship through intimate family narratives that reveal the dignity and resilience of marginalized communities.