THEME EXPLORATION

class hierarchy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Both You and I
Both You and I
1946 · Mikio Naruse
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
La Règle du jeu
La Règle du jeu
1939 · Jean Renoir
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Male and Female
Male and Female
1919 · Cecil B. DeMille
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
I Was Born, But…
I Was Born, But…
1932 · Yasujiro Ozu
Genesis
Genesis
1986 · Mrinal Sen
Abarenbo Kaido
Abarenbo Kaido
1957 · Tomu Uchida
Journey’s End
Journey’s End
1930 · James Whale
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Adoor Gopalakrishnan India · Adoor

Ritualistic narrative pacing that excavates moral decay beneath fractured social hierarchies.

 Payal Kapadia India · Mumbai

Patient cinema that excavates unspoken hierarchies through sustained, unflinching observation of daily life.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict the struggles of working-class individuals against systemic inequality and institutional indifference.