THEME EXPLORATION

class diversity

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 Croods: A New Age
The Croods: A New Age
2020 · Joel Crawford
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently chronicle the struggles of working-class characters against systemic inequality and economic hardship.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His works explore class boundaries through intimate family stories that reveal how poverty and wealth shape human relationships and dignity.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His austere, unflinching cinema examines class divisions and social inequality in post-communist Eastern Europe with documentary-like precision.