THEME EXPLORATION

village society and conformity

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His films intimately capture the quiet tensions between individual desire and rigid social obligations within Japanese family and village life.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His neorealist approach exposes how working-class communities enforce conformity while individuals struggle against systemic constraints.