THEME EXPLORATION

alliance formation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Michael Bay
Scarborough Bluffs
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · David Cronenberg
A Temporary Truce
A Temporary Truce
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Red Cliff
Red Cliff
2008 · John Woo
Nina
Nina
1978 · Alan Clarke
Fireflies Are Gone
Fireflies Are Gone
2018 · Sébastien Pilote
Destination Gobi
Destination Gobi
1953 · Robert Wise
Ringo and His Golden Pistol
Ringo and His Golden Pistol
1966 · Sergio Corbucci
The Iroquois Trail
The Iroquois Trail
1950 · Phil Karlson
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
2019 · Lee Tae-won
All This Panic
All This Panic
2017 · Jenny Gage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films obsessively examine how individuals form, maintain, and betray alliances within rigid hierarchical systems, from military units to government conspiracies.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai epics and dramas repeatedly explore the moral complexities of loyalty, betrayal, and alliance-building among warriors, clans, and political factions.