THEME EXPLORATION

international competition

28 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cars 2
Cars 2
2011 · John Lasseter
The Great Race
The Great Race
1965 · Blake Edwards
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Guy Maddin
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · 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
2DIE4
2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate
2007 · Olivier Assayas
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
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974 · Bruce Beresford
Children Galore
Children Galore
1955 · Terence Fisher
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · John Woo
The Ambassador
The Ambassador
1985 · J. Lee Thompson
The Dream
The Dream
2014 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Passenger
The Passenger
1975 · Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Rashomon' and 'Seven Samurai' explore competing perspectives and ideologies, examining how different individuals and nations interpret the same events.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage-driven epics like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' dramatize revolutionary competition between ideological systems and social forces.