THEME EXPLORATION

military honor

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mulan
Mulan
1998 · Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Fort Apache
Fort Apache
1948 · John Ford
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
Mulan
Mulan
2020 · Niki Caro
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
Storm Over the Nile
Storm Over the Nile
1955 · Terence Young
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films like Ran and Sanjuro explore the bushido code and the tragic tension between personal honor and the destructive nature of military ambition.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Paths of Glory and Full Metal Jacket deconstruct military honor by exposing the gap between institutional ideology and human cost, questioning its very meaning.