THEME EXPLORATION

moral virtue

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Man and the Woman
The Man and the Woman
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films relentlessly interrogate conscience, faith, and moral responsibility through intimate psychological explorations of human suffering and ethical dilemmas.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His masterworks examine virtue through honor, justice, and compassion, exploring how moral integrity persists or crumbles under societal pressure and human weakness.

 Wes Anderson United States

He probes moral ambiguity and virtue in modern life, depicting characters wrestling with redemption, responsibility, and the possibility of ethical transformation.