THEME EXPLORATION

justice and doubt

35 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
1957 · Sidney Lumet
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
2026 · Jim Sheridan
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden
1994 · Roman Polanski
The Specialists
The Specialists
1969 · Sergio Corbucci
Thunder on the Hill
Thunder on the Hill
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men
1954 · Franklin J. Schaffner
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975 · Margarethe von Trotta
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Stories on Human Rights
Stories on Human Rights
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Five Fingers of Death
Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Cheng Chang Ho
Furie
Furie
2019 · Lê Văn Kiệt
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1988 · Nils Gaup
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Police Story
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
The Street Fighter
The Street Fighter
1974 · Shigehiro Ozawa
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950 · Anthony Mann
A Working Man
A Working Man
2025 · David Ayer
Bandar
Bandar
2026 · Anurag Kashyap
Dridam
Dridam
2026 · Martin Joseph
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2026 · Ruben Fleischer
Woman and Child
Woman and Child
2026 · Saeed Roustaee
Thieves Highway
Thieves Highway
2026 · Jesse V. Johnson
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987 · J. Lee Thompson
Flint
Flint
2017 · Bruce Beresford
La Voie lactée
La Voie lactée
1969 · Luis Buñuel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His films like 12 Angry Men and Serpico systematically deconstruct institutional justice systems while exposing the doubts and biases that corrupt legal proceedings.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His work, particularly Funny Games and The Seventh Continent, interrogates moral judgment and viewer complicity, forcing audiences to question their own assumptions about justice and guilt.

 David Fincher United States

Films like Zodiac and Gone Girl obsessively explore the ambiguity between truth and perception, showing how the pursuit of justice becomes corrupted by doubt and incomplete information.