THEME EXPLORATION

War Financing

35 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Oshima
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Come and See
Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Casque Bleu
Casque Bleu
1995 · Chris Marker
Casualties of War
Casualties of War
1989 · Brian De Palma
Emitaï
Emitaï
1973 · Ousmane Sembène
Era notte a Roma
Era notte a Roma
1960 · Roberto Rossellini
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain
1959 · Kon Ichikawa
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
Charlie Wilson’s War
Charlie Wilson’s War
2007 · Mike Nichols
Untitled WWI Documentary
Untitled WWI Documentary
2018 · Peter Jackson
Brothers
Brothers
2004 · Susanne Bier
Double Target
Double Target
1987 · Frank Miller
Tank Force!
Tank Force!
1958 · Terence Young
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Ted Kotcheff
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Henry V
Henry V
1989 · —
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films like 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'Full Metal Jacket' dissect the machinery of military-industrial complexes and the financial interests that drive warfare.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films examine how ordinary citizens are economically exploited to fund wars and military conflicts in works like 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley'.