THEME EXPLORATION

Rural isolation

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
404 Still Remain
404 Still Remain
2026 · Uhm Ha-neul
Black Dog
Black Dog
2024 · Guan Hu
Together
Together
2025 · Michael Shanks
Fire Will Come
Fire Will Come
2019 · Oliver Laxe
Los Muertos
Los Muertos
2004 · Lisandro Alonso
Post Tenebras Lux
Post Tenebras Lux
2012 · Carlos Reygadas
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
2014 · Morten Tyldum
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
2020
2020
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Oliver Laxe France

Laxe crafts poetic portraits of marginalized communities through landscape-driven, deliberately paced narratives.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His monochromatic, slow-cinema masterpieces depict desolate rural landscapes and the psychological toll of provincial isolation.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her films capture the spiritual and economic isolation of rural America through intimate, naturalistic storytelling.