THEME EXPLORATION

government pursuit

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Brad Bird
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Men in Black
Men in Black
1997 · Barry Sonnenfeld
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

Films like 'Serpico' and 'Dog Day Afternoon' penetrate institutional power structures and the moral compromise demanded by government systems.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema consistently documents how government policies pursue and marginalize vulnerable citizens through bureaucratic indifference and control.