THEME EXPLORATION

small-town values vs big-city corruption

36 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot
1990 · Dennis Hopper
Local Hero
Local Hero
1983 · Bill Forsyth
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Rosauro Castro
Rosauro Castro
1950 · Roberto Gavaldón
Promised Land
Promised Land
2012 · Gus Van Sant
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Frank Capra United States

His films like 'It's a Wonderful Life' and 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' celebrate small-town integrity while exposing urban and institutional corruption.

 David Lynch United States

He deconstructs the myth of small-town innocence by revealing dark secrets and corruption lurking beneath wholesome surfaces in works like 'Twin Peaks' and 'Blue Velvet'.