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THEME EXPLORATION

beach

11 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Baywatch
Baywatch
2017 · Seth Gordon
People on Sunday
People on Sunday
1930 · Robert Siodmak
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 · Alexander Mackendrick
Ride the Wild Surf
Ride the Wild Surf
1964 · Phil Karlson
Someone like It Cold...
Someone like It Cold...
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis
Evil Under the Sun
Evil Under the Sun
1982 · Guy Hamilton
Through My Window: Across the Sea
Through My Window: Across the Sea
2023 · Marçal Forés
How to Swim
How to Swim
1942 · Jack Kinney
Cruel Jaws
Cruel Jaws
1995 · Frank Miller
Lovers and Other Relatives
Lovers and Other Relatives
1974 · Salvatore Samperi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda → France

Her films consistently capture the poetic beauty and human stories unfolding along coastal landscapes, most notably in 'Vagabond' and 'Daguerréotypes.'

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

He uses beaches as luminous, dreamlike settings that explore memory, desire, and melancholy in films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'My Blueberry Nights.'

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His films interrogate the beach as a space of social class, desire, and mortality, particularly in 'Accattone' and his documentaries examining Italian coastal culture.

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