THEME EXPLORATION

rural American life

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Brussels Loops
Brussels Loops
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Five Men in the Circus
Five Men in the Circus
1935 · Mikio Naruse
L'Abbé Constantin
L'Abbé Constantin
1925 · Julien Duvivier
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick United States

His films like 'The Thin Red Line' and 'A Hidden Life' explore the spiritual dimensions of rural American existence and connection to the land.

 Joe Lynch United States

He reveals the dark undercurrents and psychological complexity lurking beneath the surface of small-town American life in works like 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Straight Story'.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

A pioneer of depicting rural and frontier American life through Westerns and dramas that defined the myth and reality of rural communities.