THEME EXPLORATION

justice and mercy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
2026 · Jim Sheridan
The Specialists
The Specialists
1969 · Sergio Corbucci
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975 · Margarethe von Trotta
Batman Begins
Batman Begins
2005 · Christopher Nolan
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
2002 · Sam Raimi
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Clint Eastwood United States

His films like 'Unforgiven' and 'Gran Torino' deeply explore the moral ambiguity between justice and mercy through aging gunfighters seeking redemption.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His works such as 'Shoplifters' and 'The Third Person' examine how compassion and mercy complicate rigid systems of legal justice.

 Paolo Sorrentino Italy

Films like 'The Hand of God' and 'The Young Pope' interrogate the tension between divine mercy, human judgment, and institutional justice.