THEME EXPLORATION

forced conflict

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · John Ford

A Woman’s Way
1908 · D.W. Griffith

Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová
1967 · František Vláčil

The Unafraid
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille

My Fault
2023 · Domingo González

The Lady Said No

The Lady Said No
1946 · Frank Tashlin

There's No Place Like Home

There's No Place Like Home
2018 · Gabriele Muccino

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy

L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo

Masculin Feminin

Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Das Madchen vom Moorhof

Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films expose how economic systems and social structures force ordinary people into moral and survival conflicts they never chose.

Michael Haneke Austria

His work investigates how circumstances and social forces trap characters in escalating conflicts that strip away their agency and humanity.