THEME EXPLORATION

prison and crime

30 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Pire Nuri
Pire Nuri
1968 · Yílmaz Güney
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Kinji Fukasaku
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Johnny Apollo
Johnny Apollo
1940 · Henry Hathaway
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
The Street Fighter
The Street Fighter
1974 · Shigehiro Ozawa
Deported
Deported
1950 · Robert Siodmak
La sfida
La sfida
1958 · Francesco Rosi
One Way Ticket
One Way Ticket
1997 · Richard Franklin
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog
2006 · Nick Cassavetes
Skiptrace
Skiptrace
2016 · Renny Harlin
The 51st State
The 51st State
2001 · Ronny Yu
A War Named Desire
A War Named Desire
2000 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
Blood and Diamonds
Blood and Diamonds
1978 · Fernando Di Leo
Gangstas
Gangstas
2025 · Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
Gong Tau
Gong Tau
2007 · Herman Yau
Hell Drivers
Hell Drivers
1957 · Cy Endfield
Gatao: The Last Stray
Gatao: The Last Stray
2021 · Chiang Jui-chih
Infernal Affairs II
Infernal Affairs II
2003 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Hugas
Hugas
2022 · Roman Perez Jr.
Red Hill
Red Hill
2010 · Patrick Hughes
Shaan
Shaan
1980 · Ramesh Sippy
Stealing Sinatra
Stealing Sinatra
2003 · Ron Underwood
The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers
1972 · Terence Young
Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin
2003 · Joel Schumacher
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Audiard France

Films like 'A Prophet' and 'Rust and Bone' explore crime, imprisonment, and redemption with psychological depth and social commentary.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His surreal, unsettling works like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' probe moral culpability, punishment, and the psychology of crime.