THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and survival

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
All the Invisible Children
All the Invisible Children
2006 · John Woo & Spike Lee
Mother
Mother
1952 · Mikio Naruse
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
Celebration
Celebration
2024 · Bruno Anković
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen
Old Well
Old Well
1986 · Zhang Yimou
The Insect Woman
The Insect Woman
1963 · Shohei Imamura
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Gretel & Hansel
Gretel & Hansel
2020 · Osgood Perkins
Heaven Knows What
Heaven Knows What
2015 · Josh Safdie
Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay!
1988 · Mira Nair
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Red Kimona
The Red Kimona
1925 · Walter Lang
The Sea Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
1978 · Stewart Raffill
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' powerfully document the struggles of working-class individuals against systemic poverty and social inequality.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

Films such as 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' intimately explore poverty and survival through the lens of families and marginalized communities navigating urban hardship.

 Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' remains one of cinema's most defining explorations of desperation, survival, and the moral complexities of poverty.