urban development movies

Undine (2020)
6.472 / 10

Fantasy, Drama, Romance

Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a...

Herbie Rides Again (1974)
6.108 / 10

Romance, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
7.4 / 10

Animation, Crime, Thriller

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the...

Radiant City (2007)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In...

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family...

Plán (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary

The New World (2015)
0 / 10

Drama

A couple moves from the country to istanbul to get proper schooling for their son, who has Down syndrome. However, the house they move to will be...

Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits (2011)
7.5 / 10

Documentary

Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits" tells the story of Istanbul and other Mega-Cities on a neo-liberal course to destruction. It follows the story of...

Places for the Soul (1990)
0 / 10

Documentary

An intimate portrait of Christopher Alexander, a critic of modern architecture on a lifelong quest to build harmonious, livable places in today’s...

In Ictu Oculi (2020)
8.5 / 10

Documentary, Animation

The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of...

City Under Pressure (1965)
0 / 10

Documentary

The city of Edmonton is under pressure to deal with the problems related to housing, development, and traffic.

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980)
10 / 10

Documentary

This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's...

Rotterdam 2040 (2013)
9 / 10

Documentary

Rotterdam 2040 is a film about the city’s future, departing from the principle of Gyz La Rivière that you can’t look ahead without considering...

Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine (2009)
0 / 10

Documentary

In the summer of 2004, the Mayor of Lewiston, Maine announced a plan to develop a four-lane boulevard across downtown's low-income neighborhood. This...

GONE (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

As development encroaches on a farming community, they struggle with the loss of their heritage and land.

At Tourkovounia (1982)
0 / 10

Documentary

Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia hills.

This is How the Obelisk Was Born (1936)
0 / 10

Documentary

The construction of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina.