THEME EXPLORATION

class and respectability

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently explore working-class struggles and the systemic barriers to respectability and dignity in modern society.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He examines how social class and respectability intersect with family bonds, poverty, and societal judgment in emotionally nuanced narratives.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His character-driven films probe class anxieties, social pretensions, and the human desire for respectability across British society.