THEME EXPLORATION

american gothic

19 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak
2015 · Guillermo del Toro
Omaha
Omaha
2026 · Cole Webley
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Eugene Yi
Caboblanco
Caboblanco
1980 · J. Lee Thompson
Dracula
Dracula
1958 · Terence Fisher
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Bruce Beresford
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
Land of Plenty
Land of Plenty
2004 · Wim Wenders
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
1955 · Fred Zinnemann
Ride With the Devil
Ride With the Devil
1999 · Ang Lee
Terra em transe
Terra em transe
1967 · Glauber Rocha
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Cary Joji Fukunaga USA

Explores moral corruption and psychological unraveling through visually meticulous, atmospherically dense storytelling.

 Victor Salva United States

Rural American horror grounded in visceral creature-based terror and isolation.

 David Lynch USA

His surrealist films like Eraserhead and Twin Peaks deconstruct American suburbia to reveal the darkness and psychological horror lurking beneath its seemingly wholesome surface.