THEME EXPLORATION

unemployment

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
2002 · Jia Zhangke
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake
2016 · Ken Loach
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit
1921 · Cecil B. DeMille
La Belle Équipe
La Belle Équipe
1936 · Julien Duvivier
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
1953 · Kon Ichikawa
La Belle Indifference
La Belle Indifference
2019 · Kıvanç Sezer
The Other Side of the Tracks
The Other Side of the Tracks
1997 · Bertrand Tavernier
Chorus
Chorus
1974 · Mrinal Sen
I Graduated, But…
I Graduated, But…
1929 · Yasujiro Ozu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' powerfully depict the human toll of unemployment and systemic economic inequality.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

Works such as 'High Hopes' and 'Another Year' explore unemployment and economic struggle through intimate character studies of working-class life.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' examine poverty, joblessness, and economic desperation with compassion and social consciousness.