THEME EXPLORATION

slapstick violence

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Beep Prepared
Beep Prepared
1961 · Chuck Jones
Hare Remover
Hare Remover
1946 · Frank Tashlin
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
Forsaken
Forsaken
2026 · Vincent Garenq
Ghost in the Cell
Ghost in the Cell
2026 · Joko Anwar
Kattalan
Kattalan
2026 · Paul George
Scary Movie
Scary Movie
2026 · Michael Tiddes
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
Hello, Late Homecomers
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978 · John Woo
Il Lungo Silenzio
Il Lungo Silenzio
1993 · Margarethe von Trotta
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

Pioneered slapstick as an art form, using physical comedy and exaggerated violence to critique social systems while maintaining humanitarian compassion.

 Buster Keaton United States

Master of deadpan slapstick who orchestrated elaborate physical gags and comedic violence with meticulous precision and innovative cinematography.

 Jacques Tati France

Refined slapstick violence into subtle, intelligent comedy through observational humor and inventive physical comedy that critiques modern life.