THEME EXPLORATION

collective conformity

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick USA

His films systematically deconstruct institutional conformity and the dehumanizing effects of systems that demand obedience, from military hierarchies to dystopian societies.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

He creates deeply unsettling worlds where characters follow arbitrary social rules and rituals, exposing the absurdity and horror of collective behavioral conditioning.

 James Wong Hong Kong

His visually poetic films explore how urban environments and social expectations homogenize individual desires, trapping characters in cycles of repetitive conformity.