THEME EXPLORATION

workplace relationships and mental health

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
The Smashing Machine
The Smashing Machine
2026 · Benny Safdie
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
2011 · Christian Petzold
Amorosa
Amorosa
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
1970 · J. Lee Thompson
Just Tell Me What You Want
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980 · Sidney Lumet
Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · Frank Borzage
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
Sous le sable
Sous le sable
2000 · François Ozon
The Crowded Train
The Crowded Train
1957 · Kon Ichikawa
Boiling Point
Boiling Point
2021 · Philip Barantini
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
1946 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters
2015 · Gabriele Muccino
A Leap in the Dark
A Leap in the Dark
1980 · Marco Bellocchio
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
2003 · Daisuke Gotô
It's OK
It's OK
2026 · Yang Lina
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing
2007 · Li Yu
Stepping into Love
Stepping into Love
2023 · Damián Romay
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' examine how workplace dynamics and economic pressures shape mental well-being and human connection.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' deeply explore how work stress, precarity, and systemic pressures devastate mental health.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her films 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' intimately portray isolation, economic hardship, and the psychological toll of unstable work and transient relationships.