THEME EXPLORATION

working conditions

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Rocky
Rocky
1976 · John G. Avildsen
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Blue Collar
Blue Collar
1978 · Paul Schrader
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Air of Paris
Air of Paris
1954 · Marcel Carné
Ajantrik
Ajantrik
1958 · Ritwik Ghatak
Farewell
Farewell
1930 · Robert Siodmak
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Nacional III
Nacional III
1982 · Luis García Berlanga
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
1948 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Experience
The Experience
1973 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Five Days of Milan
The Five Days of Milan
1973 · Dario Argento
Dotanba
Dotanba
1957 · Tomu Uchida
Amundsen
Amundsen
2019 · Espen Sandberg
Downpour
Downpour
1972 · Bahram Beyzai
Fubar
Fubar
2002 · Michael Dowse
Gisela
Gisela
2005 · Isabelle Stever
Sausalito
Sausalito
2000 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
The One and Only
The One and Only
1999 · Susanne Bier
Winter Brothers
Winter Brothers
2017 · Hlynur Pálmason
They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob
1966 · Michael Powell
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose the struggles of working-class people against exploitative employment systems and social injustice.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

He depicted the psychological toll and dehumanization of labor within capitalist systems through visceral, emotionally intense narratives.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her films authentically portray the precarious working lives of marginalized individuals struggling within modern economic systems.