THEME EXPLORATION

wartime satire

24 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
2017 · Christopher Nolan
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Transit
Transit
2018 · Christian Petzold
Kika
Kika
1996 · Pedro Almodóvar
Pressure
Pressure
2026 · Anthony Maras
A Propos de Nice
A Propos de Nice
1930 · Jean Vigo
Boudu sauvé des eaux
Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
El verdugo
El verdugo
1963 · Luis García Berlanga
Hanagatami
Hanagatami
2017 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Il generale della rovere
Il generale della rovere
1959 · Roberto Rossellini
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · J. Lee Thompson
No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · Akira Kurosawa
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
The Crossing I
The Crossing I
2014 · John Woo
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Farewells
Farewells
1958 · Wojciech Has
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His masterpiece 'Dr. Strangelove' is the definitive wartime satire, mercilessly mocking nuclear war paranoia and military absurdity through dark comedy.

 Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

'The Great Dictator' pioneered wartime satire by using physical comedy and pathos to ridicule fascism and totalitarianism during WWII.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films like 'Despair' and 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' dissect the absurdity of war and its social consequences through provocative, biting satire.