Dalam bidang seni, neorealisme dibentuk oleh bekas pelukis Camden Town Group Charles Ginner dan Harold Gilman pada permulaaan Perang Dunia I.
Dalam sinema
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- Land Without Bread (1933, Spanyol)
- 1860 (1934, Italia)
- An Inn in Tokyo (1935, Jepang)
- Toni (1935, Prancis)
- Aniki-Bóbó (1942, Portugal)
- Ossessione (1943, Italia)
- Saltimbancos (1951, Portugal)
Italia
- Roma, città aperta (1945)
- Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (1946)
- Paisà (1946)
- Germania anno zero (1948)
- Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948)
- La terra trema (1948)
- Bitter Rice (1949)
- Stromboli (1950)
- Miracle in Milan (1951)
- Umberto D. (1952)
- La strada (1954)
- Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Il Posto (1961)
Negara lain
- Lowly City (1946, India)
- Drunken Angel (1948, Jepang)
- The French Connection (1971, Amerika Serikat)
- Amores perros (2000, Meksiko)
- Stray Dog (1949, Jepang)
- Los Olvidados (1950, Meksiko)
- Surcos (1951, Spanyol)
- Ikiru (1952, Jepang)
- Nagarik (1952, India)
- Tokyo Story (1953, Jepang)
- Two Acres of Land (1953, India)
- Salt of the Earth (1954, Amerika Serikat)
- Newspaper Boy (1955, India)
- The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959, India)
- Death of a Cyclist (1955, Spanyol)
- The Runaway (1958, India)
- The 400 Blows (1959, Prancis)
- The Hustler (film) (1961, Amerika Serikat)
- Blowup (1966, Inggris)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976, Belgia)
- Killer of Sheep (1977, Amerika Serikat)
- Pixote (1981, Brasil)
- The Stolen Children (1982, Italia)
- Yol (1982, Turki)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988, India)
- Veronico Cruz (1988, Argentina)
- American Me (1992, Amerika Serikat)
- Children of Heaven (1997, Iran)
- Satya (1998, India)
- The City (La Ciudad) (1998, Amerika Serikat)
- Not One Less (1999, China)
- Rosetta (1999, Prancis)
- The Circle (Dayereh) (2000, Iran)
- Bolivia (2001, Argentina)
- Lilja 4-Ever (2002, Swedia)
- Cidade de Deus (2002, Brasil)
- Carandiru (2003, Brasil / Argentina)
- Familia rodante (2004, Argentina, et al.)
- Machuca (2004, Chile)
- The Motorcycle Diaries (2004, Argentina, et al.)
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005, Rumania)
- L'Enfant (2005, Belgia / Prancis)
- Man Push Cart (2005, Amerika Serikat)
- Children of Men (2006, Britania Raya)
- Half Nelson (2006, Amerika Serikat)
- Still Life (2006, China)
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007, Rumania)
- Chop Shop (2007, Amerika Serikat)
- Ballast (2008, Amerika Serikat)
- Frozen River (2008, Amerika Serikat)
- Involuntary (2008, Swedia)
- Lorna's Silence (2008, Belgia)
- Wendy and Lucy (2008, Amerika Serikat)
- The Wrestler (2008, Amerika Serikat)
- Fish Tank (2009, Britania Raya)
- Goodbye Solo (2009, Amerika Serikat)
- Sin Nombre (2009, Amerika Serikat / Meksiko)
- Treeless Mountain (2009, Amerika Serikat / Korea Selatan)
- Winter's Bone (2010, Amerika Serikat
