THEME EXPLORATION

Land conflict

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds
1958 · Mikio Naruse
The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Pueblerina
Pueblerina
1949 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Massacre At Grand Canyon
1964 · Sergio Corbucci
The Furies
The Furies
1950 · Anthony Mann
Two Brothers
Two Brothers
1967 · Mrinal Sen
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Elia Kazan
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone Italy

His spaghetti westerns, particularly 'Once Upon a Time in the West', are fundamentally about contested land ownership and the violence inherent in claiming territory.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' examine how economic systems create conflict over land and resources between the powerful and dispossessed.