THEME EXPLORATION

imperial loyalty

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Dragon Missile

The Dragon Missile
1976 · Ho Meng-Hua

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot

Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf

GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese

Phantom Lady
1944 · Robert Siodmak

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983 · Richard Marquand

Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle

Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel

City on Fire
1987 · —

Jules and Jim
1962 · François Truffaut

Three Outlaw Samurai

Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Hideo Gosha

A Foggy Tale
2026 · Chen Yu-hsun

All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama

Blast
2026 · Subash K Raj

Cocktail 2
2026 · Homi Adajania

Fast Charlie
2026 · Phillip Noyce

Mata
2026 · Rachel Lang

Monkey Business

Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán

Pierce
2026 · Nelicia Low

When Mumbo Jumbo Grew Giant

When Mumbo Jumbo Grew Giant
2026 · Karsten Kiilerich

All the King’s Men

All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai epics like 'Ran' and 'Throne of Blood' explore the moral complexities and tragic consequences of loyalty to imperial power and feudal hierarchies.

Bernardo Bertolucci Italy

His epic 'The Last Emperor' intimately examines the relationship between an individual and imperial authority through the life of China's final emperor.

Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary films like 'October' and 'Battleship Potemkin' critique imperial loyalty while depicting the ideological struggles of the Russian Empire and its dissolution.