THEME EXPLORATION

urban versus rural life

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Quattro Hong Kong 2
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Materialists
Materialists
2026 · Celine Song
Bread and Alley
Bread and Alley
1970 · Abbas Kiarostami
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Maria Chapdelaine
Maria Chapdelaine
1934 · Julien Duvivier
My Crasy Life
My Crasy Life
1991 · Jean-Pierre Gorin
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
1960 · Fred Zinnemann
Arrest
Arrest
2019 · Samit Basu & Shashanka Ghosh
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
Five Times Favela
Five Times Favela
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 · Dziga Vertov
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Land of the People
The Land of the People
1966 · Artavazd Pelechian
9
9
2005 · Shane Acker
Rock-A-Doodle
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Don Bluth
Sausalito
Sausalito
2000 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Tales from the Golden Age
Tales from the Golden Age
2009 · Cristian Mungiu
Winter Brothers
Winter Brothers
2017 · Hlynur Pálmason
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpieces like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' expose the harsh contrast between urban poverty and rural displacement in post-war Italy.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Still Walking' and 'Shoplifters' explore the tension between rural family traditions and urban isolation in contemporary Japan.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious works such as 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' chronicle the struggles of working-class individuals caught between rural roots and urban survival.