THEME EXPLORATION

guilt and innocence

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Keane
Keane
2004 · Lodge Kerrigan
The Red Balloon
The Red Balloon
1956 · Albert Lamorisse
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His masterworks like Psycho and Vertigo explore the psychological blur between guilt and innocence through unreliable perspectives and moral ambiguity.

 Sidney Lumet United States

Films like 12 Angry Men and The Verdict meticulously examine how justice systems determine guilt and innocence, often revealing hidden truths.