THEME EXPLORATION

moral justice

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Dridam
Dridam
2026 · Martin Joseph
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
2026 · Jim Sheridan
Detective Story
Detective Story
1951 · William Wyler
Broken Ways
Broken Ways
1913 · D.W. Griffith
I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line
1970 · John Frankenheimer
Les Anges du péché
Les Anges du péché
1943 · Robert Bresson
Punishment Room
Punishment Room
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
Child's Pose
Child's Pose
2013 · Călin Peter Netzer
Jimmy Jaguár
Jimmy Jaguár
2025 · Benedek Fliegauf
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
1982 · María Novaro
The Bloody Escape
The Bloody Escape
1975 · Chang Cheh
The Specialists
The Specialists
1969 · Sergio Corbucci
I Saw the Devil
I Saw the Devil
2010 · Kim Jee-woon
Mother
Mother
2009 · Bong Joon-ho
Change of Fate
Change of Fate
1987 · Kira Muratova
Norte, the End of History
Norte, the End of History
2014 · Lav Diaz
Liberty Stands Still
Liberty Stands Still
2002 · Kari Skogland
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
The Flock
The Flock
2007 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
2015 · László Nemes
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His films like 'Twelve Angry Men' and 'Serpico' rigorously examine the tension between legal justice and moral truth within flawed institutional systems.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Works such as 'Shoplifters' and 'The Truth' explore how societal judgment conflicts with personal morality and the complexity of doing right in desperate circumstances.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His provocative films like 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' confront viewers with uncomfortable questions about culpability, punishment, and society's moral responsibility.