THEME EXPLORATION

military violence

38 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Casualties of War
Casualties of War
1989 · Brian De Palma
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards
Indio 2 – The Revolt
Indio 2 – The Revolt
1991 · Antonio Margheriti
The History of the Civil War
The History of the Civil War
1921 · Dziga Vertov
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
Forsaken
Forsaken
2026 · Vincent Garenq
Ghost in the Cell
Ghost in the Cell
2026 · Joko Anwar
Kattalan
Kattalan
2026 · Paul George
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films like *Full Metal Jacket* and *Paths of Glory* dissect the psychological and moral dimensions of military violence with unflinching precision.