THEME EXPLORATION

violence and its consequences

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bullet
Bullet
1993 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Two Solutions for One Problem
Two Solutions for One Problem
1975 · Abbas Kiarostami
Westhampton
Westhampton
2026 · Christian Nilsson
Very Bad Things
Very Bad Things
1998 · Peter Berg
Sun Scarred
Sun Scarred
2006 · Takashi Miike
White Nightmare
White Nightmare
1992 · Mathieu Kassovitz
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
Geometry
Geometry
1987 · Guillermo del Toro
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
Goodbye Julia
Goodbye Julia
2026 · Mohamed Kordofani
Ghost in the Cell
Ghost in the Cell
2026 · Joko Anwar
Ídolos
Ídolos
2026 · Mat Whitecross
Kattalan
Kattalan
2026 · Paul George
Mr. Monster
Mr. Monster
2026 · Simon Hung
Rosario
Rosario
2025 · Felipe Vargas
Space/Time
Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran
The Girl Who Stole Time
The Girl Who Stole Time
2026 · Yu Ao
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Clint Eastwood USA

Eastwood strips storytelling to moral essentials, favoring weathered faces and sparse dialogue over spectacle.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films viscerally explore how violence transforms and corrupts the human form, examining the psychological and physical consequences of aggression.

 Gaspar Noé France

He confronts viewers with raw, unflinching depictions of violence and its traumatic aftermath, forcing audiences to reckon with the real human cost of brutality.