THEME EXPLORATION

loyalty and honor

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fast Charlie
Fast Charlie
2026 · Phillip Noyce
47 Ronin
47 Ronin
1994 · Kon Ichikawa
Okuni and Gohei
Okuni and Gohei
1952 · Mikio Naruse
The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era
The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era
1941 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Three
Three
1965 · Tadashi Sawashima
The Lost Bladesman
The Lost Bladesman
2011 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
GoodFellas
GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai films like 'Sanjuro' and 'Harakiri' explore the devastating conflicts between personal honor and loyalty to authority.

 Damien Leone Italy

His Spaghetti Westerns examine codes of honor and loyalty in morally ambiguous frontier settings where trust becomes currency.

 Martin Scorsese United States

His crime dramas like 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' deconstruct loyalty and honor within criminal hierarchies and their inevitable betrayals.