THEME EXPLORATION

women in prison

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
Violence in a Women's Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Frank Miller
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
American History X
American History X
1998 · Tony Kaye
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · John Frankenheimer
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

Directed 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and other works exploring power dynamics and confinement, with nuanced examinations of female agency in constrained circumstances.