THEME EXPLORATION

political loyalty

34 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
A Foggy Tale
A Foggy Tale
2026 · Chen Yu-hsun
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
The Princess Gohime
The Princess Gohime
1992 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Amigo
Amigo
2010 · John Sayles
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Kuroda Sodo
Kuroda Sodo
1956 · Tomu Uchida
Shaolin Mantis
Shaolin Mantis
1978 · Kar-leung Lau
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · James Whale
A Frozen Flower
A Frozen Flower
2008 · Yoo Ha
Fire Dragon
Fire Dragon
1994 · Yuen Woo-Ping
Purple Butterfly
Purple Butterfly
2003 · Lou Ye
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique and films like Battleship Potemkin and October propagandized state loyalty and collective political ideology through visual manipulation.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative philosophical films like Stalker and Solaris explore the tension between individual conscience and state demands through metaphysical inquiry into loyalty and freedom.