THEME EXPLORATION

authority conflict

40 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
Insurgent
Insurgent
2015 · Robert Schwentke
Child's Play
Child's Play
1972 · Sidney Lumet
La Cérémonie
La Cérémonie
1995 · Claude Chabrol
Man on the Tracks
Man on the Tracks
1956 · Andrzej Munk
El vicari d’Olot
El vicari d’Olot
1981 · Ventura Pons
Nomos 4000
Nomos 4000
1962 · Yannis Dalianidis
Pueblerina
Pueblerina
1949 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
High and Low
High and Low
1963 · Akira Kurosawa
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films consistently examine conflicts between working-class individuals and oppressive institutional authorities, from welfare systems to corporate power.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His surreal, unsettling films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' explore power dynamics and authority through darkly absurdist frameworks that question obedience and control.