THEME EXPLORATION

power and downfall

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Sofia Coppola
Guru
Guru
2026 · Yann Gozlan
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
2014 · Abel Ferrara
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola USA

His Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now are definitive explorations of how absolute power corrupts and inevitably leads to moral and physical destruction.

 Andrzej Wajda Poland

His historical epics like Ashes and Diamonds and A Generation probe political power, ideological corruption, and the tragic human cost of authoritarian systems.