THEME EXPLORATION

survival against tyranny

30 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2012 · Gary Ross
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · Wes Ball
The Road Warrior
The Road Warrior
1981 · —
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Fred Zinnemann
Vesper
Vesper
2022 · Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper
Anthem: Conviction
Anthem: Conviction
2019 · Neill Blomkamp
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique dramatized collective resistance against oppression in films like Battleship Potemkin and October.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative yet defiant films like Stalker and The Mirror subtly resist Soviet censorship while exploring spiritual and intellectual freedom against totalitarian control.