THEME EXPLORATION

presidential incompetence

12 films · 2 directors

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May
1964 · John Frankenheimer

Don't Look Up
2021 · Adam McKay

A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Blake Edwards

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007 · Jonathan Demme

Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat
1967 · Terence Fisher

The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon
1978 · J. Lee Thompson

The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball
1967 · Miloš Forman

Le Tonnerre de Jupiter

Le Tonnerre de Jupiter
1903 · Georges Méliès

Perón: Political Update and Doctrine for the Seizure of Power

Perón: Political Update and Doctrine for the Seizure of Power
1971 · Fernando Solanas

The Host
2006 · Bong Joon-ho

All the President's Men

All the President's Men
1976 · Alan J. Pakula

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Sidney Lumet United States

Films like 'All the President's Men' and 'Network' dissect institutional failure and the incompetence of authority figures with unflinching clarity.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work critiques systems of power and authoritarianism, exploring how incompetent or corrupt leadership destroys individual lives and society.