- Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. Arriving at the house of Mr. Park, the owner of a global IT firm, Ki-woo meets Yeon-kyo, the beautiful young lady of the house. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.
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- Children of Men (2006): In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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- Sleep Dealer (2008): The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.
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- Detachment (2012): a chronicle of one month in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes.
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- Triangle of Sadness (2022): Fashion model couple Carl and Yaya are invited on a luxury cruise. When the yacht sinks they become stranded on a deserted island with a group of billionaires and a cleaning lady. In the fight for survival, social hierarchies are turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty.
What does it mean to be a socially conscious movie?
Are these like movies that reflect on the inner working of society?
Precisely the social, political and economic contradictions of society which fuel class struggle.
Bong Joon-ho films in general, not just Parasite. You can see the themes in The Host and Snowpiercer.
Ah, Snowpiercer…where the rich people live in the front of the train and poor in the back. A train that never stops, because it’s a dystopian ice world outside. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
It does stop a couple times in the tv show. But the engine can only shut off for a few minutes at a time before the train gets dangerously cold.
Hmmm … not sure how well these fit but they were the only ones that came to mind … Koyaanisqatsi, and arguably its sequels (which aren’t as good and maybe not objectively good), and its sorta spin off Baraka and its sequel Samsara, neither of which had the same impact, IMO, as Koyaanisqatsi.
The Hunger Games trilogy - People live in concentric rings with the outer rings providing resources to the center Capital. The people in the Capital are depicted with insane crazy fashion while everyone else wears dirty grey Gap cloths.
City of God - a pair of orphan street rats in Brazil try to survive. As one turns to crime, the other tries to go distance himself.
