THEME EXPLORATION

working-class struggle

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse
1954 · J. Lee Thompson
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit
1921 · Cecil B. DeMille
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
1958 · Tony Richardson
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
1953 · Kon Ichikawa
Musik i mörker
Musik i mörker
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
The Citizen
The Citizen
1977 · Ritwik Ghatak
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
1941 · John Ford
Bad Girls Go to Hell
Bad Girls Go to Hell
1965 · Doris Wishman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Mike Leigh UK · Salford

Improvised portraits of ordinary lives where silence speaks louder than words.

 Adam Nee USA

Crafts character-driven heist narratives blending humor with emotional depth and moral complexity.

 Danny DeVito USA

Celebrates society's underdogs through irreverent humor and compassionate chaos.