THEME EXPLORATION

chain of command corruption

33 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men
1992 · Rob Reiner
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
1995 · Tony Scott
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Bastards
Bastards
2013 · Claire Denis
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Paprika
Paprika
2006 · Satoshi Kon
Police Story
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His films like *Serpico* and *Prince of the City* meticulously expose how institutional hierarchies systematically protect corruption while punishing whistleblowers.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films like *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* and *Poor Things* deconstruct hierarchical power dynamics and the moral compromises demanded by systems of authority.