THEME EXPLORATION

economic collapse

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
Fever Room
Fever Room
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films dissect capitalist systems and social decay with unflinching intensity, exploring how economic forces destroy human relationships and individual agency.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

He consistently examines poverty, unemployment, and systemic economic injustice through intimate character-driven narratives that reveal institutional failures.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

His minimalist cinema explores survival and human dignity amid economic hardship, depicting ordinary people struggling within collapsed social infrastructures.