THEME EXPLORATION

youth unemployment

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
2002 · Jia Zhangke
Looks and Smiles
Looks and Smiles
1981 · Ken Loach
The Other Side of the Tracks
The Other Side of the Tracks
1997 · Bertrand Tavernier
Οι Επικίνδυνοι
Οι Επικίνδυνοι
1983 · Yannis Dalianidis
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever
1977 · John Badham
I'm Still Breathing
I'm Still Breathing
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Rob Marshall
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
Athiradi
Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
Bariera
Bariera
1966 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Fruit Punch
Fruit Punch
1991 · Clara Law
I Vinti
I Vinti
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
1959 · Mauro Bolognini
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Mikio Naruse
Sista paret ut
Sista paret ut
1956 · Ingmar Bergman
La Belle Indifference
La Belle Indifference
2019 · Kıvanç Sezer
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Baz Luhrmann
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Chorus
Chorus
1974 · Mrinal Sen
Disco
Disco
1977 · Phillip Noyce
Kino-Pravda No. 10
Kino-Pravda No. 10
1922 · Dziga Vertov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' powerfully depict working-class struggles and systemic barriers facing young people seeking employment.

 Mathieu Kassovitz France

'La Haine' explores the desperation and social alienation of unemployed youth in French suburbs trapped by poverty and discrimination.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

'4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and his other works examine the economic stagnation and limited opportunities facing young Romanians in post-communist society.