THEME EXPLORATION

power and protection

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Knives of the Avenger
Knives of the Avenger
1966 · Mario Bava
Blast
Blast
2026 · Subash K Raj
Borderlands
Borderlands
2024 · Eli Roth
Eliminators
Eliminators
2016 · James Nunn
The Red Siren
The Red Siren
2002 · Olivier Megaton
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

Metropolis and M explore dystopian power structures and how surveillance and authority systems both threaten and claim to protect society.

 Claire Denis France

Her films including Beau Travail and High Life interrogate institutional power, bodily autonomy, and protection systems that ultimately constrain and control.