THEME EXPLORATION

authority versus chaos

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
A Man For All Seasons
A Man For All Seasons
1966 · Fred Zinnemann
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Prova d’orchestra
Prova d’orchestra
1979 · Federico Fellini
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
1988 · Robert Altman
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Terry Gilliam
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
A Foggy Tale
A Foggy Tale
2026 · Chen Yu-hsun
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage theory and films like Battleship Potemkin explore the collision between state power and revolutionary upheaval through dynamic visual conflict.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Works like A Clockwork Orange and Dr. Strangelove dissect institutional control, authoritarianism, and the fragile systems attempting to contain human chaos.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films like Ran and Throne of Blood depict the inevitable descent from ordered rule into destructive chaos through power struggles and moral corruption.