THEME EXPLORATION

chain of command corruption

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men
1992 · Rob Reiner
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
1995 · Tony Scott
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Phil Karlson
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Base
The Base
1999 · Mark L. Lester
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

Films like 'Serpico' and 'Network' meticulously dissect how corruption flows through bureaucratic chains and corrupts individuals at every level.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His dystopian works explore absurd power structures and hierarchies that breed corruption, where obedience to chain-of-command becomes pathological.