THEME EXPLORATION

industrial competition

29 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Mike Newell
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Five Fingers of Death
Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Cheng Chang Ho
Gunnm
Gunnm
2000 · —
Reprise
Reprise
2006 · Joachim Trier
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon
1929 · Fritz Lang
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
2DIE4
2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala
Indian Institute of Zombies
Indian Institute of Zombies
2026 · Gaganjeet Singh
Doubles Match
Doubles Match
2026 · Hung Po-hao
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era
2026 · Ken Yamamoto
Au Bonheur des Dames
Au Bonheur des Dames
1930 · Julien Duvivier
Brise-glace
Brise-glace
1990 · Jean Rouch
Children Galore
Children Galore
1955 · Terence Fisher
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Film For Guitar
Film For Guitar
1966 · Bruce Beresford
Il caso Mattei
Il caso Mattei
1972 · Francesco Rosi
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
1981 · Derek Jarman
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Guy Maddin
The War Game
The War Game
1963 · Mai Zetterling
The Last Trick
The Last Trick
1964 · Jan Švankmajer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

His film 'Modern Times' (1936) is a masterpiece critique of industrial dehumanization and workers crushed by factory competition and mechanization.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His works obsessively explore capitalist competition, economic power structures, and how industrial systems destroy human relationships and individual identity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' chronicle how individuals are ground down by competitive economic systems and industrial labor.