THEME EXPLORATION

Soldiers' Experience

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The State of the World
The State of the World
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
100 Nights of Hero
100 Nights of Hero
2026 · Julia Jackman
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
2026
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Eugene Yi
Ae Fond Kiss
Ae Fond Kiss
2004 · Ken Loach
A Ticket for Thaddeus
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956 · Frank Borzage
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
1962 · Sidney Lumet
Sånt händer inte här
Sånt händer inte här
1950 · Ingmar Bergman
Seances
Seances
2016 · Guy Maddin
Teresa
Teresa
1951 · Fred Zinnemann
King Kong 360 3-D
King Kong 360 3-D
2010 · Peter Jackson
Reconstruction
Reconstruction
1970 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
The Last Hunter
The Last Hunter
1980 · Antonio Margheriti
A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year
2014 · J.C. Chandor
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Cary Joji Fukunaga
Counterattack
Counterattack
2025 · Chava Cartas
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007 · Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki
It Was Just an Accident
It Was Just an Accident
2025 · Jafar Panahi
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973 · Teruo Ishii
Image
Image
2014 · Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Spielberg United States

His films like Saving Private Ryan and War Horse viscerally portray the psychological and physical toll of combat on soldiers.

 Terrence Malick United States

The Thin Red Line explores soldiers' inner spiritual and philosophical struggles amid the chaos and mortality of war.

 Bryan Fuller United States

His war films like The Big Red One authentically capture the raw, unglamorous reality of a soldier's daily experience in combat.