THEME EXPLORATION

consequences of power loss

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Hancock
Hancock
2008 · Peter Berg
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941 · Orson Welles
The Girl Who Stole Time
The Girl Who Stole Time
2026 · Yu Ao
The Last Viking
The Last Viking
2025 · Anders Thomas Jensen
The Chorus
The Chorus
1982 · Abbas Kiarostami
California Dreamin'
California Dreamin'
2007 · Cristian Nemescu
A Certain Kind of Silence
A Certain Kind of Silence
2019 · Michal Hogenauer
Talk to Me
Talk to Me
2023 · Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou
Don't Call Me Mama
Don't Call Me Mama
2025 · Nina Knag
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026 · Nia DaCosta
The Accursed
The Accursed
2010 · Adrián García Bogliano
The Forbidden Play
The Forbidden Play
2023 · Hideo Nakata
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Amour
Amour
2012 · Michael Haneke
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
2015 · László Nemes
Todo sobre mi madre
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 · Pedro Almodóvar
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola USA

The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now explore how power corrupts individuals and institutions, leaving destruction in its wake.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

Through films like The Seventh Seal and Persona, Bergman examines the psychological and existential consequences of losing control, faith, and power over one's circumstances.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Ran and Throne of Blood depict how the loss of power leads to madness, betrayal, and the collapse of entire kingdoms and families.