THEME EXPLORATION

street life and poverty

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Los olvidados
Los olvidados
1950 · Luis Buñuel
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952 · Julien Duvivier
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts
Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts
1935 · Mikio Naruse
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Elia Kazan
Cat Skin
Cat Skin
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
Chengshi zhi ye
Chengshi zhi ye
1933 · Fei Mu
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
1955 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Paper Lives
Paper Lives
2021 · Can Ulkay
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Cactus River
Cactus River
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' captures the dignity and desperation of working-class Romans navigating poverty with unflinching humanity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' expose systemic poverty and street-level struggle with compassionate realism.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

Films like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore marginalized urban communities and survival on society's edges with profound empathy.