THEME EXPLORATION

man vs government

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ice Twisters
Ice Twisters
2009 · Steven R. Monroe
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Men in Black
Men in Black
1997 · Barry Sonnenfeld
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage cinema whose works like 'Battleship Potemkin' depict individual and collective resistance against oppressive state power.

 Terry Gilliam United States/United Kingdom

His dystopian films 'Brazil' and '12 Monkeys' explore how bureaucratic systems crush individual identity and freedom.