THEME EXPLORATION

surveillance state

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Spectre
Spectre
2015 · Sam Mendes
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paul Greengrass UK

Immersive handheld realism that documents political crises through intimate human perspective.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films depict oppressive systems of control and observation that trap characters within confined, monitored spaces reflecting surveillance state anxieties.

 Atom Egoyan Canada

His work obsessively examines voyeurism, recorded imagery, and the violation of privacy as tools of power and manipulation in modern society.