THEME EXPLORATION

institutional power and corruption

32 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
System
System
2026 · Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Child's Play
Child's Play
1972 · Sidney Lumet
Law Breakers
Law Breakers
1971 · Marcel Carné
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
The Club
The Club
2015 · Pablo Larraín
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
Free Fall
Free Fall
2014 · Malek Akkad
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
2026 · Andy Serkis
Guru
Guru
2026 · Yann Gozlan
Mexico 86
Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
2026 · Kenji Nakamura
Patriot
Patriot
2026 · Mahesh Narayanan
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Cadaveri eccellenti
Cadaveri eccellenti
1976 · Francesco Rosi
Doctor Glas
Doctor Glas
1968 · Mai Zetterling
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
The Nina B. Affair
The Nina B. Affair
1961 · Robert Siodmak
Tristana
Tristana
1970 · Luis Buñuel
Passed by Censor
Passed by Censor
2019 · Serhat Karaaslan
Brasília 18%
Brasília 18%
2006 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Shanghai Triad
Shanghai Triad
1995 · Zhang Yimou
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
1976 · Alan J. Pakula
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · Kinji Fukasaku
Graduation
Graduation
2016 · Cristian Mungiu
Lover of the Last Empress
Lover of the Last Empress
1995 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Man on the Roof
Man on the Roof
1976 · Bo Widerberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films consistently reveal how bureaucratic systems and institutional indifference devastate ordinary citizens' lives.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage-driven masterpieces visualize how institutional power operates through propaganda, control, and the manipulation of collective consciousness.