THEME EXPLORATION

Military Conflict

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
1964 · John Frankenheimer
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Nabua Song
Nabua Song
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
China Gate
China Gate
1957 · Samuel Fuller
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion
1937 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
La vaquilla
La vaquilla
1985 · Luis García Berlanga
Life and Nothing But
Life and Nothing But
1989 · Bertrand Tavernier
Red Cliff
Red Cliff
2008 · John Woo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique in films like Battleship Potemkin and October directly visualizes the chaos and ideology of military conflict.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

His meticulous examination of war's psychology and absurdity through Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, and Paths of Glory remains unmatched in cinema.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai epics Ran and Seven Samurai explore military conflict through both intimate character study and grand-scale battle choreography.