THEME EXPLORATION

institutional incompetence

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Firemen's Ball
The Firemen's Ball
1967 · Miloš Forman
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Departed
The Departed
2006 · Martin Scorsese
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
Dilbar
Dilbar
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
1964 · John Frankenheimer
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Taika Waititi New Zealand

Deadpan satire that finds humanity in misfits through anarchic, formally inventive comedy.

 Terry Gilliam United States/United Kingdom

His films like 'Brazil' and 'Twelve Monkeys' depict sprawling bureaucratic systems that are absurd, self-perpetuating, and fundamentally incompetent at their core functions.

 Donald Petrie Italy

In films like 'Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion' and 'The Working Class Goes to Heaven,' he dissects institutional corruption and the failures of police, legal, and industrial systems.