THEME EXPLORATION

totalitarian oppression

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped
1956 · Robert Bresson
Kundun
Kundun
1997 · Martin Scorsese
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 · Pedro Almodóvar
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Fireworks Sketch
Fireworks Sketch
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Elysium
Elysium
2013 · Neill Blomkamp
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia

His films like 'Leviathan' and 'The Return' depict the crushing weight of state power and authoritarian control over individual lives.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

Works such as 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' explore systems of control, surveillance, and the arbitrary exercise of power.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His austere films like 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' examine societal conformity, violence, and the numbness induced by oppressive systems.