THEME EXPLORATION

technological power and consequences

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Hancock
Hancock
2008 · Peter Berg
California Dreamin'
California Dreamin'
2007 · Cristian Nemescu
The Girl Who Stole Time
The Girl Who Stole Time
2026 · Yu Ao
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963 · Roger Corman
Babygirl
Babygirl
2024 · Halina Reijn
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026 · Nia DaCosta
Back to the Past
Back to the Past
2025 · Jack Lai Jan-Lung
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore how technology violently merges with and corrupts the human form, from *Videodrome* to *eXistenZ*.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

He systematically examined technology's dehumanizing power across genres—from nuclear war in *Dr. Strangelove* to artificial intelligence in *2001: A Space Odyssey*.