THEME EXPLORATION

frontier land disputes

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Big Country
The Big Country
1958 · William Wyler
The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Cimarron
Cimarron
1960 · Anthony Mann
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Massacre At Grand Canyon
1964 · Sergio Corbucci
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Elia Kazan
Woman Obsessed
Woman Obsessed
1959 · Henry Hathaway
The Revenant
The Revenant
2015 · Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
White Material
White Material
2009 · Claire Denis
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola United States

Ford's westerns like 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' and 'My Darling Clementine' explore frontier conflicts, territorial expansion, and the clash between civilization and wilderness.

 Damien Leone Italy

Leone's spaghetti westerns, particularly 'Once Upon a Time in the West,' examine lawlessness, land ownership disputes, and the violence inherent in frontier colonization.