THEME EXPLORATION

coercion

15 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
365 Days
365 Days
2020 · Barbara Białowąs
A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Criss Cross
Criss Cross
1949 · Robert Siodmak
Experiment in Terror
Experiment in Terror
1962 · Blake Edwards
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 · Terence Fisher
Hard Fists
Hard Fists
1927 · William Wyler
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
Chengshi zhi ye
Chengshi zhi ye
1933 · Fei Mu
Shaolin Mantis
Shaolin Mantis
1978 · Kar-leung Lau
A Bad Summer
A Bad Summer
2025 · Hideo Jojo
Naked Poison
Naked Poison
2000 · Cash Chin Man-Kei
Private House of the SS
Private House of the SS
1977 · Frank Miller
The Conviction
The Conviction
1991 · Marco Bellocchio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films expose systemic coercion through poverty, bureaucracy, and state power, showing how individuals are trapped by institutional forces.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He examines psychological and physical coercion, depicting how power dynamics and violence infiltrate domestic and social spaces with disturbing precision.