THEME EXPLORATION

social control and rebellion

33 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
I'm Still Breathing
I'm Still Breathing
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Three Outlaw Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Hideo Gosha
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2004 · Mark Waters
Indian Institute of Zombies
Indian Institute of Zombies
2026 · Gaganjeet Singh
L’Eau froide
L’Eau froide
1994 · Olivier Assayas
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Chardikala
Chardikala
2026 · Amarjit Singh Saron
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
Hamnstad
Hamnstad
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Tristana
Tristana
1970 · Luis Buñuel
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
2000 · Terence Davies
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Wave
The Wave
2008 · Dennis Gansel
Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume
1990 · Allan Moyle
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
My Little Pony: A New Generation
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2022 · José Luis Ucha
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His expressionist masterpieces like 'Metropolis' and 'M' dissect class control systems and societal manipulation with visual sophistication and moral complexity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His documentary-style social realist films consistently expose institutional systems of control and celebrate ordinary people's quiet resistance against bureaucratic oppression.