THEME EXPLORATION

Military Conflict

27 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
1964 · John Frankenheimer
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Nabua Song
Nabua Song
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion
1937 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
La vaquilla
La vaquilla
1985 · Luis García Berlanga
Life and Nothing But
Life and Nothing But
1989 · Bertrand Tavernier
Red Cliff
Red Cliff
2008 · John Woo
Enamorada
Enamorada
1946 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Journey’s End
Journey’s End
1930 · James Whale
The Lost People
The Lost People
1949 · Muriel Box
Expend4bles
Expend4bles
2023 · Scott Waugh
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
2007 · Peter Berg
Zulu
Zulu
1964 · Cy Endfield
Adalen 31
Adalen 31
1969 · Bo Widerberg
Battlefield Heroes
Battlefield Heroes
2011 · Lee Joon-ik
Brothers
Brothers
2004 · Susanne Bier
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression
2018 · Goro Taniguchi
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
2025 · Wuershan
I Am
I Am
2009 · Igor Voloshin
Pierino torna a scuola
Pierino torna a scuola
1990 · Mariano Laurenti
See Through
See Through
2008 · Jiao Zi
Sniper
Sniper
1993 · Luis Llosa
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage technique who explored the psychological and social dimensions of conflict through revolutionary cinema like Battleship Potemkin and October.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Master of depicting the absurdity, machinery, and human cost of military conflict through films like Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, and Paths of Glory.

 Terrence Malick United States

Creator of poetic, introspective war films that examine the spiritual and moral dimensions of conflict, most notably in The Thin Red Line and A Hidden Life.