THEME EXPLORATION

violence and conflict

39 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Zatoichi
Zatoichi
1962 · —
Nabua Song
Nabua Song
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Jungfrukällan
Jungfrukällan
1960 · Ingmar Bergman
Hello, Late Homecomers
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978 · John Woo
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
1990 · Ken Loach
The Ghost Flower
The Ghost Flower
1918 · Frank Borzage
The War Game
The War Game
1963 · Mai Zetterling
Two Solutions for One Problem
Two Solutions for One Problem
1975 · Abbas Kiarostami
A Prayer for the Dying
A Prayer for the Dying
1987 · Mike Hodges
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Massacre At Grand Canyon
1964 · Sergio Corbucci
Una cita de amor
Una cita de amor
1958 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The History of the Civil War
The History of the Civil War
1921 · Dziga Vertov
Revenge
Revenge
2017 · Coralie Fargeat
Calm with Horses
Calm with Horses
2020 · Nick Rowland
Class of 1984
Class of 1984
1982 · Mark L. Lester
Die Bad
Die Bad
2000 · Ryoo Seung-wan
On the Beach
On the Beach
1985 · Junichi Suzuki
Taxi Hunter
Taxi Hunter
1993 · Herman Yau
White Nightmare
White Nightmare
1992 · Mathieu Kassovitz
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone Italy

His operatic Westerns transform violence into an aesthetic language that explores moral ambiguity and the futility of conflict.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He unflinchingly interrogates violence and its causes in society, refusing spectacle to challenge viewers' complicity in consuming brutality.