THEME EXPLORATION

colonial conflict

41 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Guelwaar
Guelwaar
1993 · Ousmane Sembène
Hatred
Hatred
1938 · Robert Siodmak
North West Frontier
North West Frontier
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
Last Supper
Last Supper
1976 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Undeclared War
The Undeclared War
1992 · Bertrand Tavernier
O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho
1978 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Legend of Drunken Master
The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · Kar-leung Lau
The High Bright Sun
The High Bright Sun
1964 · Ralph Thomas
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
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
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ousmane Sembène Senegal

Pioneer of African cinema who consistently examined colonial legacy and post-colonial struggles through films like 'Camp de Thiaroye' and 'Ceddo.'

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and 'Jimmy's Hall' provide unflinching examinations of British imperialism and Irish colonial conflict.