THEME EXPLORATION

presidential abuse of power

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Limitless
Limitless
2011 · Neil Burger
The Greek Tycoon
The Greek Tycoon
1978 · J. Lee Thompson
Mosaic Portrait
Mosaic Portrait
2019 · Zhai Yixiang
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977 · Larry Cohen
Es La Primera Vez
Es La Primera Vez
1981 · María Novaro
The Best Man
The Best Man
1964 · Franklin J. Schaffner
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
2011 · Ari Aster
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Bad President - All My Sh*t
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

Films like 'All the President's Men' and 'Network' dissect institutional corruption and the mechanisms through which those in power manipulate systems and truth.

 François Truffaut France

His dystopian masterpiece 'Fahrenheit 451' examines governmental control over information and the suppression of individual freedom as the ultimate abuse of authority.