Cinema Atlas
Discover Ask the Atlas World Map Directors My List Newsletter
THEME EXPLORATION

Military conflict

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

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
China Gate
China Gate
1957 · Samuel Fuller
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
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
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.

Cinema Atlas
About Newsletter Privacy Terms
© Cinema Atlas 2026 · An independent world-cinema guide
Discover Search Ask the Atlas My List Newsletter