THEME EXPLORATION

social struggle

33 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Herbert J. Biberman
The Good Life
The Good Life
1997 · Stephen Berra
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Three Outlaw Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Hideo Gosha
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
2002 · Jia Zhangke
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Blood and Soul
Blood and Soul
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Det regnar på vår kärlek
Det regnar på vår kärlek
1946 · Ingmar Bergman
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel
El verdugo
El verdugo
1963 · Luis García Berlanga
“Elgar”
“Elgar”
1962 · Ken Russell
Esta tierra nuestra
Esta tierra nuestra
1959 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
The Getting of Wisdom
The Getting of Wisdom
1977 · Bruce Beresford
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Larks on a String
Larks on a String
1969 · Jiří Menzel
Arkadas
Arkadas
1974 · Yílmaz Güney
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies
2005 · Fernando Solanas
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · Roberto Gavaldón
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Boaz Yakin USA

Humanistic storyteller who balances genre entertainment with intimate character-driven narratives.

 Majid Majidi

Majidi captures the resilience and grace of marginalized characters through deeply humanistic, spiritually infused narratives.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle the struggles of working-class people against systemic poverty and injustice with unflinching realism.