THEME EXPLORATION

Moral responsibility

43 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
2023 · Christopher Nolan
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
Space/Time
Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
1987 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1909 · D.W. Griffith
The Empty Table
The Empty Table
1985 · Masaki Kobayashi
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
El rebozo de Soledad/Soledad’s Shawl
El rebozo de Soledad/Soledad’s Shawl
1952 · Roberto Gavaldón
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
The Oath
The Oath
2016 · Baltasar Kormákur
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
2015 · László Nemes
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Rolling
Rolling
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
1999 · Ralph Thomas
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Asghar Farhadi Iran · Isfahan

Ordinary people's lives fracture under the weight of impossible moral choices.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His Decalogue and Three Colors trilogy systematically explore moral responsibility through interconnected narratives examining conscience, choice, and ethical consequences.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His films relentlessly interrogate viewers' and characters' moral complicity, examining how responsibility functions in everyday violence and societal indifference.