THEME EXPLORATION

Imperial Politics

38 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Lover of the Last Empress
Lover of the Last Empress
1995 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
2011 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Blade II
Blade II
2002 · Guillermo del Toro
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
Raja Shivaji
Raja Shivaji
2026 · Riteish Deshmukh
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
2026 · Jimmy Stone
The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 · Jon Favreau
A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past
1941 · Mikio Naruse
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
A Idade da Terra
A Idade da Terra
1980 · Glauber Rocha
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
Akt
Akt
1961 · Jerzy Skolimowski
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Chats perchés
Chats perchés
2004 · Chris Marker
Esta tierra nuestra
Esta tierra nuestra
1959 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Il Divo
Il Divo
2008 · Paolo Sorrentino
Fellow Citizen
Fellow Citizen
1983 · Abbas Kiarostami
Il tacchino prepotente
Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini
Les noces rouges
Les noces rouges
1973 · Claude Chabrol
Los jueves milagro
Los jueves milagro
1957 · Luis García Berlanga
Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy
2000 · Lee Chang-dong
Strike
Strike
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Border
The Border
1982 · Tony Richardson
Revolution
Revolution
1968 · Peter Greenaway
Celebration
Celebration
2024 · Bruno Anković
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
The Staffroom
The Staffroom
2021 · Sonja Tarokić
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
1980 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Zhang Yimou
End
End
1992 · Artavazd Pelechian
Dormant Argentina
Dormant Argentina
2007 · Fernando Solanas
Labor Party election commercials
Labor Party election commercials
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
2004 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage techniques in films like *Battleship Potemkin* and *October* directly critique imperial power structures and explore the mechanics of political upheaval.

 Bernardo Bertolucci Italy

His masterpiece *The Last Emperor* provides an intimate psychological portrait of imperial decay and the collision between Eastern and Western imperial ideologies.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Films like *Barry Lyndon* and *Paths of Glory* examine imperial ambition, military hierarchy, and the brutal machinery of imperial expansion through formal visual language.