THEME EXPLORATION

friendship and resistance

35 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Home
Home
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Julia
Julia
1977 · Fred Zinnemann
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018 · Wes Ball
RRR
RRR
2022 · S. S. Rajamouli
Aliens
Aliens
1993 · Michael Almereyda
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
My Little Pony: A New Generation
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2022 · José Luis Ucha
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
The Curse of Snake Valley
The Curse of Snake Valley
1988 · Marek Piestrak
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Embrace of the Serpent
Embrace of the Serpent
2015 · Ciro Guerra
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently portray working-class solidarity and collective resistance against systemic oppression through deeply human relationships.

 Ousmane Sembène Senegal

His groundbreaking work explores friendship bonds forged through anti-colonial struggle and resistance to cultural imperialism in Africa.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films examine friendship as both a personal refuge and a form of resistance against bourgeois conformity and social corruption.