THEME EXPLORATION

international rivalry

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer
Red Notice
Red Notice
2021 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
Heads of State
Heads of State
2025 · Ilya Naishuller
Pumpkin Pie Wars
Pumpkin Pie Wars
2016 · Steven R. Monroe
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary films like Battleship Potemkin and October used montage to explore ideological conflict and class struggle as forms of international rivalry.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket directly confront Cold War tensions and the absurdity of international military competition between superpowers.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Ran and Kagemusha examine power struggles, territorial ambition, and the destructive nature of rivalry between competing forces vying for dominance.