THEME EXPLORATION

corruption and abuse

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Limitless
Limitless
2011 · Neil Burger
Free Fall
Free Fall
2014 · Malek Akkad
Affliction
Affliction
1998 · Paul Schrader
The Father
The Father
2019 · Jamal Hill
Guru
Guru
2026 · Yann Gozlan
The Tao Exorcist
The Tao Exorcist
2026 · Chiou Hau-jou
Patriot
Patriot
2026 · Mahesh Narayanan
Law Breakers
Law Breakers
1971 · Marcel Carné
L’ivresse du pouvoir
L’ivresse du pouvoir
2006 · Claude Chabrol
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Devils
The Devils
1971 · Ken Russell
The Devils (Ken Russell
The Devils (Ken Russell
1971 · Derek Jarman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Cristian Mungiu Romania · Iasi

Extended temporal duration transforms everyday conversations into brutal moral interrogations of human culpability.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His early revolutionary films documented systemic corruption and abuse of power through montage techniques that exposed institutional violence.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films expose corruption within bureaucratic systems and how institutional abuse disproportionately harms vulnerable populations.