THEME EXPLORATION

financial sacrifice

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Timely Interception
A Timely Interception
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Happy Gilmore 2
Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Kyle Newacheck
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Michael Curtiz
The Good Provider
The Good Provider
1922 · Frank Borzage
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
1985 · George Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like *Ikiru* and *High and Low* profoundly explore characters sacrificing wealth, status, and personal happiness for moral principles and human dignity.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His minimalist cinema examines the quiet, accumulated sacrifices of ordinary people struggling economically, particularly in *The Assassin* and *Millennium Mambo*.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like *I, Daniel Blake* and *Sorry We Missed You* document the financial sacrifices and systemic struggles of working-class families.