urbanism movies

Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
6.757 / 10

Drama

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping...

Caro diario (1993)
7.4 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted...

Amancio Williams (2013)
5.3 / 10

Documentary

A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2017)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in...

Peripheria (2015)
7.3 / 10

Animation

This haunting, beautifully crafted animation is set in a not-so-distant dystopia where lonely, suspicious pack dogs set the boundaries of their world...

Mobility (1986)
0 / 10

Documentary

This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...

Promises, Promises ... (1973)
0 / 10

This short film explores the problems and potentials of small towns in the Drumheller Valley region of Alberta. Citizen participation in the growth...

Operation: Jane Walk (2018)
4 / 10

Documentary

The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever...

Real Estate (1973)
0 / 10

Documentary

Exploring the impact of the now defunct Steinberg supermarkets on the urban environment.

Rosewater (1999)
0 / 10

Drama

A solitary man struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state envisioning the...

Québec...? (1967)
0 / 10

Documentary

This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, as the province entered modernity. The collective...

Co-op Housing: The Best Move We Ever Made (1975)
0 / 10

Documentary

Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.

Alternate Spaces (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

La Alameda (1978)
0 / 10

Documentary

Following a commission from the College of Architects of Seville, for the production of a documentary about the La Alameda de Hércules area of the...

La Meilleure Façon de tracer (2010)
0 / 10

Documentary

Megalópolis (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

Exploration of the territory in a delirious time-space journey through the largest Megalopolis in America.

Everything Will Be (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary

Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse...

City Limits (1971)
0 / 10

Documentary

Author and activist Jane Jacobs talks about the problems and virtues of North American cities.

The Forest (2018)
6.5 / 10

Comedy, Science Fiction

A group of people in a dystopian future is led through the last forest in existence. Plants? What were they again?

Farewell Oak Street (1953)
0 / 10

Documentary

This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they...