THEME EXPLORATION

school discipline

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Martial Club
Martial Club
1981 · Kar-leung Lau
Sexy Battle Girls
Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe
Teachers Are People
Teachers Are People
1952 · Jack Kinney
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Enigma
Enigma
1986 · Jean Rouch
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa
Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me
1981 · J. Lee Thompson
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
Kes
Kes
1969 · Ken Loach
Marianne of My Youth
Marianne of My Youth
1955 · Julien Duvivier
The Getting of Wisdom
The Getting of Wisdom
1977 · Bruce Beresford
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
1987 · Abbas Kiarostami
Aenigma
Aenigma
1987 · Lucio Fulci
Wars
Wars
2021 · Nicolas Roy
School Girl Killer
School Girl Killer
1968 · Antonio Margheriti
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1986 · Zhang Yimou
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
2002 · Michael Moore
Just Friends
Just Friends
2005 · Roger Kumble
Drunken Master
Drunken Master
1978 · Yuen Woo-Ping
Fist of Fury
Fist of Fury
1972 · Lo Wei
Fist of Legend
Fist of Legend
1994 · Gordon Chan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

He explores discipline through austere visual language and rigid compositional control, reflecting societal and personal restraint.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious realism consistently critiques institutional systems including schools and their impact on working-class youth.