THEME EXPLORATION

social engineering

43 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2004 · Mark Waters
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Indian Institute of Zombies
Indian Institute of Zombies
2026 · Gaganjeet Singh
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Chardikala
Chardikala
2026 · Amarjit Singh Saron
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
Hurlevent
Hurlevent
1985 · Jacques Rivette
Society for Sale
Society for Sale
1918 · Frank Borzage
The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment
1962 · Kon Ichikawa
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
2000 · Terence Davies
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
My Little Pony: A New Generation
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2022 · José Luis Ucha
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Club
The Club
2015 · Pablo Larraín
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Action et Réaction
Action et Réaction
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Dimensions of Dialogue
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983 · Jan Švankmajer
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His dystopian masterpiece *Metropolis* explores how society is engineered through class control and technological manipulation by those in power.

 Sidney Lumet United States

Films like *Network* and *Serpico* expose how institutions systematically manipulate information and individuals to maintain power structures.