THEME EXPLORATION

intellectual combat

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 · Ridley Scott
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
American Sniper
American Sniper
2014 · Clint Eastwood
Sakda (Rousseau)
Sakda (Rousseau)
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Five Fingers of Death
Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Cheng Chang Ho
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
The Legend of Maula Jatt
The Legend of Maula Jatt
2026 · Bilal Lashari
300: Rise of an Empire
300: Rise of an Empire
2014 · Noam Murro
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
1971 · Roberto Rossellini
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
2012 · Margarethe von Trotta
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
2009 · Hong Sang-soo
Léon Morin, prêtre
Léon Morin, prêtre
1961 · Jean-Pierre Melville
This Way, That Way
This Way, That Way
1952 · Kon Ichikawa
The Innocent Sorcerers
The Innocent Sorcerers
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Miracle in Cell No. 7
2019 · Mehmet Ada Öztekin
Breathing into Marble
Breathing into Marble
2018 · Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Sieranevada
Sieranevada
2016 · Cristi Puiu
House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers
2004 · Zhang Yimou
Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter
2020 · Paul W. S. Anderson
Raízes do Brasil
Raízes do Brasil
2004 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Tasogare Sakaba
Tasogare Sakaba
1955 · Tomu Uchida
The Conspirators
The Conspirators
1972 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Greyhound
Greyhound
2020 · Aaron Schneider
Highlander
Highlander
1986 · Russell Mulcahy
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Guy Hamilton
Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury
1972 · Lo Wei
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Zulu
Zulu
1964 · Cy Endfield
Border 2
Border 2
2026 · Anurag Singh
Downpour
Downpour
1972 · Bahram Beyzai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like 'The Social Network' and 'Gone Girl' center on psychological warfare and battles of wit between highly intelligent adversaries.

 Sidney Lumet USA

His masterpieces 'Twelve Angry Men' and '12 Angry Men' depict intense intellectual sparring and ideological clashes through debate and reasoning.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Films like 'Prisoners' and 'Sicario' explore moral and strategic intellectual conflicts between characters with competing agendas and values.