THEME EXPLORATION

Persecution of Ideas

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
2014 · Morten Tyldum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975 · Margarethe von Trotta
Logan
Logan
2017 · James Mangold
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Silence
Silence
2016 · Martin Scorsese
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · John Frankenheimer
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1988 · Nils Gaup
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like Mirror and Stalker explore the persecution of philosophical and spiritual ideas under totalitarian regimes through meditative visual language.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His controversial films like Teorema and Salò challenge religious, sexual, and political orthodoxies, documenting how radical ideas are suppressed by institutional power.