THEME EXPLORATION

small-town takeover

12 films · 2 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
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 · Martin Scorsese
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
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
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
1990 · David Lynch
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His surreal deconstruction of small-town American life in Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet reveals the darkness and mystery lurking beneath seemingly ordinary communities.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His work, particularly The Killing of a Sacred Deer, explores how insular communities operate under their own rules and how outsiders disrupt established social hierarchies.