THEME EXPLORATION

mafia war

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Oshima

Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda

Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov

Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola

Gomorrah
2008 · Matteo Garrone

The Devil's Backbone

The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro

Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies

Casque Bleu
1995 · Chris Marker

Casualties of War

Casualties of War
1989 · Brian De Palma

Emitaï
1973 · Ousmane Sembène

Era notte a Roma

Era notte a Roma
1960 · Roberto Rossellini

Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain
1959 · Kon Ichikawa

Frantz
2016 · François Ozon

Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford

Charlie Wilson’s War

Charlie Wilson’s War
2007 · Mike Nichols

Untitled WWI Documentary

Untitled WWI Documentary
2018 · Peter Jackson

Brothers
2004 · Susanne Bier

Tank Force!
1958 · Terence Young

Uncommon Valor
1983 · Ted Kotcheff

Escape from East Berlin

Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak

Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel

El espiritu de la colmena

El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice

Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica

Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman

Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák

Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze

West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri

Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven

Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg

Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen

A Street to Die

A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett

365 Days
2020 · Barbara Białowąs

Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete

Henry V
1989 · —

Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Sofia Coppola United States

His Godfather trilogy is the definitive cinematic exploration of mafia power structures, family loyalty, and internal warfare.

Damien Leone Italy

His crime films, particularly the Gomorrah-adjacent works, capture the brutal aesthetics and code of honor within organized crime conflict.

Martin Scorsese United States

Films like Goodfellas and Casino dissect mafia warfare through visceral storytelling that reveals both the appeal and destructive reality of mob life.