THEME EXPLORATION

conquest and conflict

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fort Apache
Fort Apache
1948 · John Ford
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
El Cid
El Cid
1961 · Anthony Mann
The Woman God Forgot
The Woman God Forgot
1917 · Cecil B. DeMille
Sign of the Pagan
Sign of the Pagan
1954 · Douglas Sirk
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
1993 · Shigeyasu Yamauchi
See Through
See Through
2008 · Jiao Zi
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai epics like 'Ran' and 'Sanjuro' explore the brutality of conquest, power struggles, and the human cost of conflict through richly layered narratives.

 Werner Herzog Germany

Films like 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo' obsessively examine the destructive ambition of conquest and humanity's struggle against nature and each other.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

From 'Paths of Glory' to 'Full Metal Jacket' and '2001: A Space Odyssey', Kubrick dissects warfare, territorial conquest, and the psychological conflicts inherent in human ambition.