THEME EXPLORATION

urban labor

44 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 · Dziga Vertov
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
The Land of the People
The Land of the People
1966 · Artavazd Pelechian
The Next Station
The Next Station
2008 · Fernando Solanas
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
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
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
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
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
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
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
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
Aquarius
Aquarius
2016 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict the struggles of working-class individuals navigating precarious employment and systemic inequality in modern urban settings.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

Through improvisation-based filmmaking, he creates intimate portraits of ordinary urban workers and their daily lives, relationships, and economic pressures.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films explore the dignity and complexity of urban laborers and marginalized workers, examining how people survive and find meaning in precarious economic conditions.