THEME EXPLORATION

soldier loyalty

23 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot

Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf

Stalker
1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky

GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese

Phantom Lady
1944 · Robert Siodmak

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983 · Richard Marquand

Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle

TON
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

City on Fire
1987 · —

Jules and Jim
1962 · François Truffaut

Three Outlaw Samurai

Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Hideo Gosha

A Foggy Tale
2026 · Chen Yu-hsun

All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama

Blast
2026 · Subash K Raj

Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man

Cocktail 2
2026 · Homi Adajania

Fast Charlie
2026 · Phillip Noyce

Mata
2026 · Rachel Lang

Monkey Business

Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán

Pierce
2026 · Nelicia Low

When Mumbo Jumbo Grew Giant

When Mumbo Jumbo Grew Giant
2026 · Karsten Kiilerich

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Stanley Kubrick United States

'Paths of Glory' and 'Full Metal Jacket' deconstruct military loyalty as both a virtue and a dangerous mechanism of institutional control.

Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His 'The Human Condition' trilogy profoundly examines the tragedy of soldier loyalty through a protagonist torn between personal conscience and military duty.