THEME EXPLORATION

moral choice

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Box
The Box
2009 · Richard Kelly
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Richard Marquand UK

Master of grand-scale spectacle balancing intimate character arcs with mythic storytelling.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His Decalogue and Three Colors trilogy systematically explore moral ambiguity and the consequences of ethical choices through interconnected narratives.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Films like Funny Games and The Seventh Continent deliberately confront viewers with moral complicity and the ethics of violence itself.