THEME EXPLORATION

government deception

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Spectre
Spectre
2015 · Sam Mendes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Michael Bay
What Happened to Monday
What Happened to Monday
2017 · Tommy Wirkola
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alan J. Pakula United States

His trilogy of political thrillers—Klute, The Parallax View, and All the President's Men—systematically dismantled public trust in institutions through narratives of surveillance, conspiracy, and governmental corruption.

 Mike Nichols United States

His satirical masterpiece Silkwood and the paranoid thriller Catch-22 deconstruct how institutions lie to and manipulate both individuals and the public.