THEME EXPLORATION

rural versus urban

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Materialists
Materialists
2026 · Celine Song
Bread and Alley
Bread and Alley
1970 · Abbas Kiarostami
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Out One: Spectre
Out One: Spectre
1972 · Jacques Rivette
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Terry Gilliam
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpieces like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' capture the struggle between rural poverty and urban hardship in post-war Italy.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

Films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Late Spring' poignantly explore the tension between traditional rural life and modern urban existence through family dynamics.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious works such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' examine rural and working-class urban communities with unflinching realism and compassion.