Cinema Atlas
Discover Ask the Atlas World Map Directors My List Newsletter
THEME EXPLORATION

philosophy vs power

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 · Ridley Scott
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
2002 · Sam Raimi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His films interrogate power structures through philosophical inquiry, exploring how ideology corrupts truth and individual conscience, particularly in works like *Salò* and *Teorema*.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

He uses cinema as philosophical meditation to examine how state power contradicts human spirituality and authentic meaning, evident in *Stalker* and *The Mirror*.

Cinema Atlas
About Newsletter Privacy Terms
© Cinema Atlas 2026 · An independent world-cinema guide
Discover Search Ask the Atlas My List Newsletter