Working Class Movies

From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois,...

Today Isaías runs back and forward between the park where he plays with his kids and his architecture studio, where he complains to his...

Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new...

Helen's mundane life at the chicken factory takes an unexpected turn with Joanne's return. They were each other's secret teenage passion. As they...

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk...

Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a...

On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle...

A satirical comedy set in Tokyo's new landmark food center in Yurakucho.

Childhood was complicated for Yoshida and he faces Japanese society as an outsider after his return from London alongside his parents. He feels...

A small comedy drama about the life and sex adventures of an amorous window cleaner, in the hip and swingin' London of the '60s.

The film explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this...

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.

Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, a general strike is called....

Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to...

Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a...

An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police...

Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party.

A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force...