THEME EXPLORATION

collective conformity

34 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Peter Weir
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Shirley Clarke
In the Mirror
In the Mirror
2011 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
General Assembly
General Assembly
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2023 · Cyril Aris
Chile: Obstinate Memory
Chile: Obstinate Memory
1997 · Patricio Guzmán
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality
1924 · Dziga Vertov
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1986 · Zhang Yimou
The Idiots
The Idiots
1998 · Lars von Trier
The Giver
The Giver
2014 · Phillip Noyce
Work Party (also Factory Family ) (, 35mm, b&w, sound, 7 minutes
Work Party (also Factory Family ) (, 35mm, b&w, sound, 7 minutes
1942 · Len Lye
An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls
1954 · Guy Hamilton
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
Parents in Progress
Parents in Progress
2019 · Laura Chiossone
The Inheritors
The Inheritors
1998 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
Sequence
Sequence
2013 · Carles Torrens
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films systematically deconstruct institutional control and mass conformity through meticulously crafted visual narratives of dehumanization.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

He explores the absurdity of social conformity and arbitrary group rituals through surreal, darkly comic scenarios that expose collective delusion.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work dissects how individuals become trapped within oppressive social structures and power dynamics that enforce conformity through surveillance and emotional manipulation.