THEME EXPLORATION

government response

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Totally Under Control
Totally Under Control
2021 · Suzanne Hillinger
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Men in Black
Men in Black
1997 · Barry Sonnenfeld
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
October Rumbles
October Rumbles
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Trollhunter
Trollhunter
2010 · André Øvredal
The Blue Trail
The Blue Trail
2026 · Gabriel Mascaro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films examine how government policies and institutional responses affect working-class citizens and vulnerable populations.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His dystopian works like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' explore absurd power dynamics and the arbitrary, surreal nature of governmental and institutional control.