THEME EXPLORATION

military violence

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Casualties of War
Casualties of War
1989 · Brian De Palma
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
Indio 2 – The Revolt
Indio 2 – The Revolt
1991 · Antonio Margheriti
The Code of Honor
The Code of Honor
1916 · Frank Borzage
The History of the Civil War
The History of the Civil War
1921 · Dziga Vertov
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

Films like Full Metal Jacket and Paths of Glory dissect military violence with technical precision, exposing its psychological brutality and institutional absurdity.

 Terrence Malick United States

The Thin Red Line contemplates combat violence through philosophical and poetic language, examining the moral contradictions within warfare itself.