THEME EXPLORATION

workplace conflict

44 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Geu-hu
Geu-hu
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
O Katergaris
O Katergaris
1971 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors
1961 · Phil Karlson
Forbidden Fairytale
Forbidden Fairytale
2025 · Lee Jong-suk
Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez
Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez
2020 · Chava Cartas
Jamon Jamon
Jamon Jamon
1992 · Bigas Luna
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing
2007 · Li Yu
One Perfect Match
One Perfect Match
2024 · Jo-Anne Brechin
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
High and Low
High and Low
1963 · Akira Kurosawa
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rawson Marshall Thurber USA

Thurber crafts explosive comedies blending slapstick humor with elaborate action set pieces.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His improvisational method and intimate character studies capture the subtle tensions, class dynamics, and interpersonal conflicts that simmer beneath everyday workplace interactions.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist films persistently expose workplace exploitation, labor struggles, and systemic injustices that create profound conflicts between workers and institutions.