THEME EXPLORATION

1950s suburban life

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Ladies in Black
Ladies in Black
2018 · Bruce Beresford
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Slow Game
The Slow Game
2009 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Mom
Mom
2008 · Stephen Dwoskin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His films like 'The Apartment' and 'Sunset Boulevard' expose the dark underbelly and moral compromises lurking beneath 1950s suburban conformity and success.

 David Lynch USA

Though working later, his film 'The Straight Story' and his sensibility reveal the psychological darkness and surreal undercurrents hidden within idealized 1950s small-town and suburban America.