THEME EXPLORATION

political obsession

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
The Illusionist
The Illusionist
2006 · Neil Burger
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Damage
Damage
1992 · Louis Malle
Babo 73
Babo 73
1964 · Robert Downey Sr
Summer Palace
Summer Palace
2006 · Lou Ye
The Public Woman
The Public Woman
1984 · Andrzej Żuławski
The War Room
The War Room
1993 · Chris Hegedus
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneering propagandist filmmaker whose revolutionary works like Battleship Potemkin and October obsessively document political upheaval and ideological fervor.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema repeatedly explores how political systems and class struggle obsessively shape individual lives and social injustice.