THEME EXPLORATION

class and social status

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Saturday Night
Saturday Night
1922 · Cecil B. DeMille
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently document the struggles of working-class individuals against systemic inequality and social marginalization.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

He explores class disparities and social exclusion through intimate family narratives that reveal how poverty and status shape human relationships.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His rigorous films dissect social hierarchies and class tensions in post-communist Eastern Europe with unflinching psychological depth.