THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and economic hardship

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday
1947 · Akira Kurosawa
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Flunky, Work Hard
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · Mikio Naruse
Kah-chan
Kah-chan
2001 · Kon Ichikawa
Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · Frank Borzage
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen
2002 · Ken Loach
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly
1970 · Tony Richardson
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His neorealist films consistently expose systemic poverty and government neglect through intimate portrayals of working-class struggles.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He explores economic hardship and social exclusion with profound empathy, examining how families survive on society's margins.