THEME EXPLORATION

guilt and accountability

38 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Empty Table
The Empty Table
1985 · Masaki Kobayashi
The Reader
The Reader
2008 · Stephen Daldry
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
I Confess
I Confess
1953 · Alfred Hitchcock
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
2003 · Christian Petzold
Désordre
Désordre
1986 · Olivier Assayas
Goodbye Julia
Goodbye Julia
2026 · Mohamed Kordofani
Dridam
Dridam
2026 · Martin Joseph
Dhabkaaro
Dhabkaaro
2026 · Abhishek Shah
Saccharine
Saccharine
2026 · Natalie Erika James
The World of Love
The World of Love
2026 · Yoon Ga-eun
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
2026 · Cheng Wei-hao
Woman and Child
Woman and Child
2026 · Saeed Roustaee
Act of Violence
Act of Violence
1949 · Fred Zinnemann
Westhampton
Westhampton
2026 · Christian Nilsson
Akt
Akt
1961 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Enskilda samtal
Enskilda samtal
1996 · Ingmar Bergman
Europa 51
Europa 51
1952 · Roberto Rossellini
Le mani sulla città
Le mani sulla città
1963 · Francesco Rosi
Oasis
Oasis
2002 · Lee Chang-dong
The Machinist
The Machinist
2004 · Brad Anderson
Child's Pose
Child's Pose
2013 · Călin Peter Netzer
Mosaic Portrait
Mosaic Portrait
2019 · Zhai Yixiang
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
1982 · María Novaro
El virus de la por
El virus de la por
2015 · Ventura Pons
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His Dekalog and Three Colours trilogy meticulously examine moral responsibility and the consequences of individual choices through interconnected human stories.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Films like Funny Games and The Seventh Continent brutally interrogate viewer complicity and societal accountability through provocative, unflinching narratives.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Works such as Shoplifters and The Third Murder explore how guilt and redemption operate within family systems and institutional structures with profound humanistic depth.