THEME EXPLORATION

working-class culture

25 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell

Morning’s Tree-Lined Street

Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse

The Warm Money
1992 · Christian Petzold

Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever
1977 · John Badham

The Bodyguard
1992 · Mick Jackson

Air of Paris
1954 · Marcel Carné

E la Nave va
1983 · Federico Fellini

if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson

Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler

La escopeta nacional

La escopeta nacional
1978 · Luis García Berlanga

The Loved One
1965 · Tony Richardson

Intimate Lighting

Intimate Lighting
1965 · Ivan Passer

I ragazzi dei Parioli

I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci

Electro show
1966 · Patricio Guzmán

Jubiabá
1987 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Maclovia
1948 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández

Naniwa no Koi no Monogatari

Naniwa no Koi no Monogatari
1959 · Tomu Uchida

Up in the Clouds

Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen

Three Steps Above Heaven

Three Steps Above Heaven
2010 · Fernando González Molina

Marry Me
2022 · Kat Coiro

Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon

Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien

Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho

Viktor und Viktoria

Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel

Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles

Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently chronicle the struggles and dignity of working-class families navigating poverty, unemployment, and systemic inequality.

Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

He portrays the nuanced emotional lives and social pressures of ordinary working-class people with compassion and unflinching realism.

Coen Brothers Belgium

Their films intimately explore the economic hardships and resilience of working-class communities in post-industrial Europe.