THEME EXPLORATION

school conflict

43 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
I Am a Cat
I Am a Cat
1975 · Kon Ichikawa
School in the Crosshairs
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Kissing Booth
The Kissing Booth
2018 · Vince Marcello
The Lady is the Boss
The Lady is the Boss
1983 · Kar-leung Lau
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 · Amy Heckerling
But Forever In My Mind
But Forever In My Mind
1999 · Gabriele Muccino
Class of 1984
Class of 1984
1982 · Mark L. Lester
The King of Pigs
The King of Pigs
2011 · Yeon Sang-ho
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'Sweet Sixteen' powerfully explore institutional failures and social conflict within educational systems affecting working-class youth.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Works such as 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' examine internal conflicts within school hierarchies and the psychological tensions between students and authority figures.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His films including '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' dissect systemic corruption and moral conflict within educational institutions with unflinching realism.