THEME EXPLORATION

rural violence

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Shotgun Stories
Shotgun Stories
2007 · Jeff Nichols
Eaten Alive
Eaten Alive
1976 · Tobe Hooper
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luke Greenfield United States

His films like 'Joe' and 'Undertow' explore violence and moral complexity in rural American settings with unflinching realism.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' examine violence and trauma with psychological depth and rural/isolated settings.

 Jacques Audiard France

His films like 'Dardenne' brothers' style works probe violence in working-class and rural communities with poetic storytelling and social consciousness.