THEME EXPLORATION

classroom discipline

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · John Cassavetes
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa
Flying Leathernecks
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Nicholas Ray
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
Sanshiro Sugata/Judo Saga
Sanshiro Sugata/Judo Saga
1943 · Akira Kurosawa
Thank You
Thank You
1925 · John Ford
The Hill
The Hill
1965 · Sidney Lumet
The Singing Lesson
The Singing Lesson
1967 · Lindsay Anderson
Wars
Wars
2021 · Nicolas Roy
French Cops Learning English
French Cops Learning English
1908 · Georges Méliès
Martial Club
Martial Club
1981 · Kar-leung Lau
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1986 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema repeatedly critiques authoritarian educational structures and their impact on working-class youth and institutional power dynamics.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His work examines social hierarchies, institutional expectations, and the tension between individual autonomy and collective discipline within rigid social frameworks.