What are some of the best movies with Marxist themes? Kind of like how Avatar is anti-imperialist or A Bug's Life. Basically movies that aren't necessarily explicitly Marxist but have Marxist themes.

  • Iminhere3000 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    A lot of old film noir basically had a premise of "there are no ethical or humane choices a person can make in this fucked up world". From what I recall though, quite a few of the people writing and directing these did actually have socialist politics, a lot coming from Europe during the world wars. But the way they created these bleak, inescapable capitalist hellscapes is very effective at getting some complex ideas across.

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        3 years ago

        Great list to start with: http://eddiemuller.com/top25noir.html

        A place to look next: https://theyshootpictures.com/noir1000director.htm

        Edit - Jules Dassin was blacklisted after making several great noirs. Samuel Fuller certainly seems comradely at times - check out Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss. Billy Wilder's more cynical movies, like Ace in the Hole, qualify.