THEME EXPLORATION

conspiracy and manipulation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher
Docteur M
Docteur M
1990 · Claude Chabrol
Patlabor 2
Patlabor 2
1993 · Mamoru Oshii
Side Effects
Side Effects
2013 · Steven Soderbergh
1922
1922
2017 · Zak Hilditch
Storm War
Storm War
2011 · Todor Chapkanov
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Funny Games U.S.
Funny Games U.S.
2007 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alan J. Pakula United States

His trilogy of political thrillers (Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men) systematically deconstructs institutional conspiracy and the manipulation of truth.

 David Fincher United States

Films like Zodiac, The Social Network, and Gone Girl obsessively explore manipulation, surveillance, and how truth becomes distorted through competing narratives.