THEME EXPLORATION

poverty and wealth inequality

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat
1909 · D.W. Griffith
La Petite marchande d’allumettes
La Petite marchande d’allumettes
1928 · Jean Renoir
Ningen moyo
Ningen moyo
1949 · Kon Ichikawa
Baba
Baba
1971 · Yílmaz Güney
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies
2005 · Fernando Solanas
Five Times Favela
Five Times Favela
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Crimson Gold
Crimson Gold
2003 · Jafar Panahi
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993 · Tran Anh Hung
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Kara
Kara
2026 · Vignesh Raja
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
The Christophers
The Christophers
2026 · Steven Soderbergh
Young Mothers
Young Mothers
2026 · Jean-Pierre Dardenne
That Burning House
That Burning House
2026 · Tsai Yin-chuan
All the Invisible Children
All the Invisible Children
2006 · John Woo & Spike Lee
Det regnar på vår kärlek
Det regnar på vår kärlek
1946 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films document the struggles of working-class people facing systemic poverty and state neglect with unflinching social realism.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

His masterful exploration of class conflict, particularly in *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer*, reveals how wealth inequality breeds deception and violence.

 Agnès Varda France

Her documentary and narrative work compassionately chronicle the lives of society's invisible poor and marginalized communities.