THEME EXPLORATION

Stranger arrives in town

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Valley of Violence
In a Valley of Violence
2016 · Ti West
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 · Martin Scorsese
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1962 · J. Lee Thompson
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
Bunny!!
Bunny!!
2026 · Trấn Thành
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
High Noon
High Noon
1952 · Fred Zinnemann
Giovani mariti (les Jeunes Maris/Young Husbands
Giovani mariti (les Jeunes Maris/Young Husbands
1958 · Mauro Bolognini
Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill
1977 · Kon Ichikawa
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
Wakefield Express
Wakefield Express
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
The Frighteners
The Frighteners
1996 · Peter Jackson
Boomerang!
Boomerang!
1947 · Elia Kazan
Duelo en las montañas
Duelo en las montañas
1950 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Pueblo en vilo
Pueblo en vilo
1995 · Patricio Guzmán
Rosauro Castro
Rosauro Castro
1950 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Alienist
The Alienist
1970 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Priest and the Girl
The Priest and the Girl
1966 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Atom Egoyan
Promised Land
Promised Land
2012 · Gus Van Sant
The Invisible Guardian
The Invisible Guardian
2017 · Fernando González Molina
A Harvest Wedding
A Harvest Wedding
2017 · Steven R. Monroe
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola USA

His Westerns obsessively explore how strangers disrupt established communities, from *My Darling Clementine* to *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance*.

 David Lynch USA

His films like *Mulholland Drive* and *Twin Peaks* make the arrival of mysterious strangers the catalyst for unraveling the hidden darkness beneath small-town Americana.