THEME EXPLORATION

Political Conflict

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
The Fight for Rome
The Fight for Rome
1968 · Robert Siodmak
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Dune
Dune
2021 · Denis Villeneuve
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
1964 · John Frankenheimer
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018 · David Yates
Red Bells
Red Bells
1982 · Sergey Bondarchuk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
George P. Cosmatos Italy

Cosmatos crafted sweeping historical epics that explored political upheaval through intimate human stories.

 Michael Winterbottom UK

Winterbottom blends documentary urgency with narrative fiction to explore contemporary political and social crises.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Uses intimate storytelling to reveal how political systems and class conflict devastate ordinary people's lives in films like Kes and I, Daniel Blake.