THEME EXPLORATION

Black lives

30 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Persona
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
1959 · François Truffaut
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Charulata
Charulata
1964 · Satyajit Ray
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 · Akira Kurosawa
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad
2016 · David Ayer
Eraserhead
Eraserhead
1976 · David Lynch
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Au Hasard Balthazar
Au Hasard Balthazar
1966 · Robert Bresson
Run Rabbit Run
Run Rabbit Run
2026 · Daina Reid
Gertrud
Gertrud
1964 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
High Noon
High Noon
1952 · Fred Zinnemann
L'Avventura
L'Avventura
1960 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo Cruz
1955 · Luis Buñuel
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975 · J. Lee Thompson
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
1963 · Lindsay Anderson
Morir (o no
Morir (o no
2000 · Ventura Pons
Wild Side
Wild Side
1995 · Donald Cammell
Cairo Station
Cairo Station
1958 · Youssef Chahine
Art of the Devil 2
Art of the Devil 2
2005 · Art Thamthrakul & Isara Nadee & Kongkiat Khomsiri & Pasith Buranajan & Putipong Saisikaew & Seree Phongnithi
Black Magic 2
Black Magic 2
1976 · Ho Meng-Hua
David
David
2013 · Bejoy Nambiar
The Myth
The Myth
2005 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Barry Jenkins United States

His intimate, poetic films like 'Moonlight' and 'If Beale Street Could Talk' explore Black identity, love, and resilience with profound humanity.

 Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His works including '12 Years a Slave' and 'Shame' powerfully confront themes of Black suffering, agency, and survival in systemic oppression.