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THEME EXPLORATION

masculinity and domestic tyranny

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Bleeder
Bleeder
1999 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Vormittagsspuk
Vormittagsspuk
1928 · Hans Richter
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao → China

Her films interrogate fragile masculinity and how economic displacement manifests as domestic control and emotional tyranny within families.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

She explores toxic masculinity and patriarchal violence through fractured narratives that expose the psychological damage of domestic tyranny.

Karyn Kusama → United States

Her work systematically deconstructs masculine aggression and the ways toxic men weaponize their power within intimate domestic spaces.

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