THEME EXPLORATION

rural America

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
1999 · David Lynch
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nia DaCosta USA

DaCosta crafts intimate portraits of marginalized women navigating systemic constraints with quiet resilience.

 Terrence Malick United States

His films capture the spiritual and existential dimensions of rural American landscapes and communities with poetic cinematography.

 Luke Greenfield United States

He explores rural Southern life with intimate character studies that reveal the complexity and struggles of small-town America.