THEME EXPLORATION

1940s arts movement

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Executioners from Shaolin
Executioners from Shaolin
1977 · Kar-leung Lau
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011 · Herman Yau
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Zweigroschenzauber
Zweigroschenzauber
1929 · Hans Richter
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda
2008 · John Stevenson & Mark Osborne
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
2007 · Brad Bird
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Peter Greenaway
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean Cocteau France

A quintessential 1940s artist whose surrealist films like The Blood of a Poet and Orphée explored avant-garde aesthetics across multiple artistic mediums.

 Michael Curtiz Hungary/United States

Director of Casablanca (1942) and other 1940s classics that captured the era's artistic synthesis of noir aesthetics, dramatic storytelling, and visual sophistication.