THEME EXPLORATION

small town vs city

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Big Cat
The Big Cat
1949 · Phil Karlson
In a Valley of Violence
In a Valley of Violence
2016 · Ti West
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1962 · J. Lee Thompson
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
11 Minutes
11 Minutes
2015 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Tales of Taipei
Tales of Taipei
2026 · Pawo Choyning Dorji
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
High Noon
High Noon
1952 · Fred Zinnemann
Giovani mariti (les Jeunes Maris/Young Husbands
Giovani mariti (les Jeunes Maris/Young Husbands
1958 · Mauro Bolognini
King Kong
King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill
1977 · Kon Ichikawa
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
Mai Zetterling's Stockholm
1978 · Mai Zetterling
Wakefield Express
Wakefield Express
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
King Kong
King Kong
2005 · Peter Jackson
Boomerang!
Boomerang!
1947 · Elia Kazan
Duelo en las montañas
Duelo en las montañas
1950 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks expose the darkness and surrealism lurking beneath small-town American surfaces.

 Ken Loach UK

His gritty realist films chronicle the struggles of working-class life in both rural and urban Britain with unflinching social commentary.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like Shoplifters and Our Little Sister explore the tension between urban isolation and small-town/family community bonds.