THEME EXPLORATION

rural justice system

44 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
2026 · Jim Sheridan
Rodney King
Rodney King
2017 · Spike Lee
Karuppu
Karuppu
2026 · RJ Balaji
Munyurangabo
Munyurangabo
2008 · Lee Isaac Chung
The Specialists
The Specialists
1969 · Sergio Corbucci
Righting Wrongs
Righting Wrongs
1986 · Corey Yuen
The Third Murder
The Third Murder
2017 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
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
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Five Fingers of Death
Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Cheng Chang Ho
Furie
Furie
2019 · Lê Văn Kiệt
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1988 · Nils Gaup
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950 · Anthony Mann
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose how rural and working-class communities face systemic injustice and institutional neglect through deeply humanistic storytelling.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her work examines marginalized individuals in rural America navigating economic hardship and legal/social systems that fail them with poetic realism.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films explore moral ambiguity and informal justice in rural Japanese communities, questioning how law intersects with family loyalty and social bonds.