THEME EXPLORATION

animal-human friendship

32 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Ivan
2020 · Thea Sharrock
Mickey's Kangaroo
Mickey's Kangaroo
1935 · David Hand
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Home
Home
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Winter Flies
Winter Flies
2018 · Olmo Omerzu
Kensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke's Kingdom
2026 · Neil Boyle
Les Doigts dans le ventre
Les Doigts dans le ventre
1988 · François Ozon
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Babe: Pig In the City
Babe: Pig In the City
1998 · George Miller
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Blood on Wolf Mountain
1936 · Fei Mu
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Panda! Go Panda!
Panda! Go Panda!
1972 · Isao Takahata
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
All Dogs Go to Heaven
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Don Bluth
Gerry
Gerry
2002 · Gus Van Sant
Jungle Beat: The Movie
Jungle Beat: The Movie
2020 · Brent Dawes
Men and Women
Men and Women
1964 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
My Little Pony: A New Generation
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2022 · José Luis Ucha
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
The Curse of Snake Valley
The Curse of Snake Valley
1988 · Marek Piestrak
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore the complex, often dangerous relationships between humans and wild animals, questioning the boundaries between species.

 Wes Anderson United States

He frequently centers animal characters as protagonists with genuine emotional depth, creating whimsical yet poignant narratives about cross-species companionship and belonging.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films tenderly examine how animals and humans share spaces and emotions, treating animal life with the same narrative weight and compassion as human experiences.