THEME EXPLORATION

social class and corruption

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang

The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor

Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra

Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold

Sattendru Maarudhu Vaanilai

Sattendru Maarudhu Vaanilai
2026 · Babu Vijay

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
1961 · Ritwik Ghatak

System
2026 · Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel

I Am a Cat
1975 · Kon Ichikawa

Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga

Mister Cory
1957 · Blake Edwards

Muggsy’s First Sweetheart

Muggsy’s First Sweetheart
1910 · D.W. Griffith

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist films systematically deconstruct bourgeois hypocrisy and expose corruption embedded within rigid class hierarchies.

Ken Loach United Kingdom

His realist cinema consistently documents how poverty and class oppression intersect with institutional corruption and injustice.