THEME EXPLORATION

apocalyptic prophecy

17 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dune
Dune
2021 · Denis Villeneuve
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Taika Waititi
Edipo re
Edipo re
1967 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Julien Duvivier
The Drifting Classroom
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 · Akira Kurosawa
Knowing
Knowing
2009 · Alex Proyas
Tiresia
Tiresia
2003 · Bertrand Bonello
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Hellboy
Hellboy
2019 · Neil Marshall
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019 · Mike Mitchell
Century of Birthing
Century of Birthing
2011 · Lav Diaz
Crystal Skulls
Crystal Skulls
2014 · Todor Chapkanov
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
The 12 Disasters of Christmas
The 12 Disasters of Christmas
2012 · Steven R. Monroe
The Peacock King
The Peacock King
1988 · Lam Nai-Choi
The Storm Riders
The Storm Riders
1998 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His philosophical science fiction films like Stalker and Solaris explore humanity's fate and spiritual emptiness in the face of cosmic uncertainty and existential collapse.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

Melancholia and Antichrist explicitly depict apocalyptic scenarios while examining psychological despair, grief, and the end of civilization with unflinching intensity.

 Terrence Malick United States

The Tree of Life and The New World meditate on creation, destruction, and humanity's place in a cosmos teetering between transcendence and annihilation.