THEME EXPLORATION

urban siege

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Nicholas Ray
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Joe Dante
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
John Carpenter USA

'Assault on Precinct 13' and 'The Fog' masterfully depict isolated communities under siege by external hostile forces with mounting psychological tension.

 Mario Bianchi Brazil

His gritty cinema directly examines urban spaces as literal battlegrounds where civilians are caught between criminal warfare and state violence.