THEME EXPLORATION

historical preservation

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Shawn Levy
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · Sergei Eisenstein
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Flowers & Banana Wind
Flowers & Banana Wind
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Ip Man
Ip Man
2008 · Wilson Yip
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 · Jon Turteltaub
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
2003 · Edward Zwick
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films meditate on memory, time, and the preservation of human spiritual and cultural heritage against modernization and decay.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He examines how societies grapple with historical trauma, collective memory, and the responsibility to preserve and confront uncomfortable truths from the past.