THEME EXPLORATION

urban relationships

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
35 rhums
35 rhums
2008 · Claire Denis
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang
Undine
Undine
2020 · Christian Petzold
My Father's Shadow
My Father's Shadow
2026 · Akinola Davies Jr.
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
Six in Paris
Six in Paris
1965 · Jean Rouch
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954 · Masaki Kobayashi
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · John Schlesinger
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Alfonso Cuarón & Gus Van Sant & Joel Coen & Wes Craven
There’s Always Vanilla
There’s Always Vanilla
1971 · George A. Romero
An Inn In Tokyo
An Inn In Tokyo
1935 · Yasujiro Ozu
An Unfinished Story
An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen
A la sombre del puente/In the Shadow of the Bridge
A la sombre del puente/In the Shadow of the Bridge
1947 · Roberto Gavaldón
Choose Me
Choose Me
1984 · Alan Rudolph
A Beautiful Life
A Beautiful Life
2011 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Berlin, I Love You
Berlin, I Love You
2019 · Dennis Gansel
Cheeky
Cheeky
2000 · Tinto Brass
DiDi Hollywood
DiDi Hollywood
2010 · Bigas Luna & Seth Gordon
Sexual Life
Sexual Life
2005 · Ken Kwapis
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs
2014 · Tsai Ming-liang
Tales from the Dark 2
Tales from the Dark 2
2013 · Gordon Chan
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrew Bernstein

Intimate director capturing authentic moments of urban connection and youthful experience.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture the loneliness and fleeting connections between people navigating dense urban spaces.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

He explores how economic systems and city life shape authentic human relationships and social bonds.