THEME EXPLORATION

small-town aspirations

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Valley of Violence
In a Valley of Violence
2016 · Ti West
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Time Out of Mind
Time Out of Mind
1947 · Robert Siodmak
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 · Martin Scorsese
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Up
Up
2009 · Pete Docter
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1962 · J. Lee Thompson
Halloween
Halloween
2018 · David Gordon Green
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Richard Linklater USA

His films like 'Boyhood' and 'Dazed and Confused' capture the dreams and coming-of-age struggles of small-town American youth with intimate realism.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist dramas explore the dignity and thwarted ambitions of working-class characters in provincial communities across Britain.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Our Little Sister' and 'Shoplifters' examine quiet family aspirations and modest dreams within rural and suburban Japanese settings.