THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and homelessness

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Trying to Get Arrested
Trying to Get Arrested
1909 · D.W. Griffith
An Inn In Tokyo
An Inn In Tokyo
1935 · Yasujiro Ozu
The Man with the Axe
The Man with the Axe
1979 · Mrinal Sen
Détresse et charité
Détresse et charité
1904 · Georges Méliès
The Florida Project
The Florida Project
2017 · Sean Baker
Wino
Wino
1970 · Jack Smith
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' unflinchingly document the systemic poverty and desperation faced by working-class and homeless individuals.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films such as 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' compassionately explore homelessness, poverty, and survival with nuanced character studies that challenge societal judgment.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her Oscar-winning film 'Nomadland' intimately portrays the lives of economically displaced Americans living in vans, capturing dignity within homelessness and economic precarity.