THEME EXPLORATION

control and freedom

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Crime Zone
Crime Zone
1988 · Luis Llosa
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Funny Games
Funny Games
1997 · Michael Haneke
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped
1956 · Robert Bresson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work obsessively examines how power dynamics, societal structures, and personal relationships create systems of control that trap individuals.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films ('The Killing of a Sacred Deer', 'The Favourite') construct claustrophobic worlds where characters are bound by arbitrary rules and psychological manipulation.