THEME EXPLORATION

legal system

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Victory of Women
Victory of Women
1946 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Mister Flow
Mister Flow
1936 · Robert Siodmak
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His films like 'Twelve Angry Men' and 'Dog Day Afternoon' provide unflinching examinations of the American legal and justice system through procedural and character-driven narratives.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His provocative films like 'Despair' and 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' deconstruct law, morality, and justice within complex social and historical contexts with formal innovation.