THEME EXPLORATION

labor and working conditions

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Blue Collar
Blue Collar
1978 · Paul Schrader
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
N.U. – Nettezza urbana
1948 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Song of the Shirt
The Song of the Shirt
1908 · D.W. Griffith
A Human Condition
A Human Condition
1974 · Louis Malle
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Rocky
Rocky
1976 · John G. Avildsen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently portray the struggles of working-class people against systemic inequality and exploitative labor practices.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

He explored labor alienation, economic desperation, and power imbalances in workplace relationships through psychologically intense narratives.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films examine precarious employment, family survival through labor, and the human cost of Japan's economic system with compassionate realism.