THEME EXPLORATION

petty theft

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Belle of the Nineties
Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Leo McCarey
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Desire
Desire
1936 · Frank Borzage
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
La notte brava (les Garcons/On Any Street/Bad Girls Don’t Cry
1959 · Mauro Bolognini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Louis Malle France

His film 'Les Voleurs' (1996) and earlier works like 'Lacombe Lucien' explore moral ambiguity and small-scale criminality in intimate character studies.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' examine how poverty and social desperation drive ordinary people toward petty crime and survival theft.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His masterpiece 'Shoplifters' (2018) presents petty theft with profound humanity, exploring how marginalized families resort to stealing as an act of love and survival.