THEME EXPLORATION

conformity vs individuality

19 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
My Life in Pink
My Life in Pink
1997 · Alain Berliner
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Peter Weir
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
In the Mirror
In the Mirror
2011 · Paolo Sorrentino
Tea and Sympathy
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Vincente Minnelli
Happy Feet
Happy Feet
2006 · George Miller
What Happened to Monday
What Happened to Monday
2017 · Tommy Wirkola
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1986 · Zhang Yimou
The Idiots
The Idiots
1998 · Lars von Trier
The Wave
The Wave
2008 · Dennis Gansel
Parents in Progress
Parents in Progress
2019 · Laura Chiossone
UglyDolls
UglyDolls
2019 · Kelly Asbury
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick USA

His films like 'A Clockwork Orange' and '2001: A Space Odyssey' obsessively examine individual will against authoritarian systems and societal control.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

He constructs surreal worlds in films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' where characters struggle against oppressive social rituals and rigid hierarchies.

 David Lynch USA

His work, especially 'Eraserhead' and 'Twin Peaks,' deconstructs the facade of conformist small-town America to reveal the dark individuality lurking beneath.