THEME EXPLORATION

cooperation vs violence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ghost in the Cell
Ghost in the Cell
2026 · Joko Anwar
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Rashomon' and 'Seven Samurai' explore how cooperation emerges from violence and conflict, examining moral ambiguity in human nature.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist cinema consistently depicts cooperation among working-class communities as resistance against systemic violence and inequality.

 Carlos Reygadas Mexico

His films interrogate violence and solidarity within families and communities, using long takes to reveal the tension between human brutality and compassion.