THEME EXPLORATION

extremism and radicalization

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018 · David Yates
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
demonlover
demonlover
2002 · Olivier Assayas
Forsaken
Forsaken
2026 · Vincent Garenq
People Magazine Investigates: The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult
People Magazine Investigates: The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult
2026
Messenger of Death
Messenger of Death
1988 · J. Lee Thompson
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Terence Fisher
Let There Be Light
Let There Be Light
2019 · Marko Škop
Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2)
Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2)
2020 · Bertrand Bonello
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films examine socioeconomic desperation and systemic injustice that fuel radicalization and extremist thought.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His slow-cinema approach dissects how ordinary people become complicit in systems of control and moral extremism through incremental psychological manipulation.