THEME EXPLORATION

mistaken loyalty

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Six of a Kind
Six of a Kind
1934 · Leo McCarey
Salt
Salt
2010 · Phillip Noyce
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
GoodFellas
GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983 · Richard Marquand
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Cimino United States

'The Deer Hunter' and 'Heaven's Gate' examine how blind loyalty to country, tradition, and brotherhood can destroy individuals and communities.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany

His works like 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' and 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul' dissect how people's misplaced loyalty to lovers, society, and ideology leads to personal devastation.