THEME EXPLORATION

political rivalry

36 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
1933 · Leo McCarey
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
1934 · Cecil B. DeMille
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows
2023 · Philip Yung Chi-Kwong
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · Kinji Fukasaku
The Deal
The Deal
2003 · Stephen Frears
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
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
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Five Fingers of Death
Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Cheng Chang Ho
Gunnm
Gunnm
2000 · —
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
La belle endormie
La belle endormie
2010 · Catherine Breillat
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola USA

The Godfather trilogy and The Conversation masterfully explore power dynamics, ambition, and ruthless competition within hierarchical systems mirroring political structures.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary films like Battleship Potemkin and October: Ten Days That Shook the World cinematically depict political upheaval and ideological conflict with innovative visual language.