THEME EXPLORATION

urban decay and gentrification

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Aquarius
Aquarius
2016 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Landlord
The Landlord
1970 · Hal Ashby
Falling Down
Falling Down
1993 · Joel Schumacher
High-Rise
High-Rise
2015 · Ben Wheatley
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Barking Dogs Never Bite
2000 · Bong Joon-ho
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
Malee and the Boy
Malee and the Boy
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently document the social devastation of deindustrialization and gentrification on working-class communities across Britain.

 John Lee Hancock United States

He explores the displacement of African American communities through gentrification, most notably in 'Do the Right Thing' and his Brooklyn-focused works.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak, visually poetic films depict the physical and spiritual decay of post-industrial Eastern European urban landscapes and their abandoned communities.