THEME EXPLORATION

war and occupation

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Oshima
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Era notte a Roma
Era notte a Roma
1960 · Roberto Rossellini
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944 · Frank Capra
Come and See
Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Casque Bleu
Casque Bleu
1995 · Chris Marker
Emitaï
Emitaï
1973 · Ousmane Sembène
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain
1959 · Kon Ichikawa
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
Charlie Wilson’s War
Charlie Wilson’s War
2007 · Mike Nichols
Untitled WWI Documentary
Untitled WWI Documentary
2018 · Peter Jackson
I Was Nineteen
I Was Nineteen
1968 · Konrad Wolf
Brothers
Brothers
2004 · Susanne Bier
Double Target
Double Target
1987 · Frank Miller
Ill Met by Moonlight
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Michael Powell
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Ted Kotcheff
Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising
2014 · Jan Komasa
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Ivan's Childhood' and 'Mirror' meditate on the spiritual and psychological devastation of war and occupation through poetic, introspective cinema.

 Theo Angelopoulos Greece

His long-take films explore occupation, exile, and historical trauma with particular focus on the Balkans and Mediterranean conflicts in works like 'Ulysses' Gaze.'

 Bryan Fuller United States

A combat veteran himself, Fuller created visceral, unflinching examinations of war and occupation in films like 'The Big Red One' and 'Piercing.'