THEME EXPLORATION

small town conflict

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Yearning
Yearning
1964 · Mikio Naruse
Honeydripper
Honeydripper
2007 · John Sayles
Local Hero
Local Hero
1983 · Bill Forsyth
L’Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
L’Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
1993 · Eric Rohmer
Pueblo en vilo
Pueblo en vilo
1995 · Patricio Guzmán
The Priest and the Girl
The Priest and the Girl
1966 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Innocence
The Innocence
2019 · Lucía Alemany
Sorelle Mai
Sorelle Mai
2011 · Marco Bellocchio
Yankee
Yankee
1966 · Tinto Brass
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle working-class struggles and social tensions in small communities with unflinching realism and compassion.

 Coen Brothers United States

They masterfully expose the darkness, violence, and moral ambiguity lurking beneath the surface of American small-town life.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His intimate character studies reveal how economic hardship and social pressures create devastating conflicts within tight-knit communities.