THEME EXPLORATION

urban transportation

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fiat Croma
Fiat Croma
2005 · Paolo Sorrentino
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
1924 · Dziga Vertov
Wonder Ring
Wonder Ring
1955 · Stan Brakhage
The We and the I
The We and the I
2012 · Michel Gondry
Tube Tales
Tube Tales
1999 · Stephen Hopkins
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
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
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
Aquarius
Aquarius
2016 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
404 Still Remain
404 Still Remain
2026 · Uhm Ha-neul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpiece 'Bicycle Thieves' makes urban transportation itself the central metaphor for survival and dignity in post-war Rome.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

He consistently uses cities, streets, and the movement through urban spaces as reflections of alienation and existential disconnection in modern life.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films obsessively capture the kinetic energy of dense urban transportation—subways, taxis, crowded streets—as the visual and emotional landscape of contemporary city life.