His films obsessively document individuals driven by impossible quests and visions, from Aguirre seeking El Dorado to Fitzcarraldo hauling a ship over a mountain.
Terrence Malick USAHis narratives follow spiritual and existential quests through nature and memory, treating the search for meaning as the central dramatic engine.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/RussiaHis meditative epics, particularly Stalker and Solaris, present quests as philosophical journeys where the destination matters less than the transformation of the seeker.