THEME EXPLORATION

captivity and escape

29 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Ivan
2020 · Thea Sharrock
The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away
1957 · Roy Ward Baker
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped
1956 · Robert Bresson
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
365 Days
365 Days
2020 · Barbara Białowąs
Florianópolis Dream
Florianópolis Dream
2018 · Ana Katz
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
Dolly
Dolly
2026 · Rod Blackhurst
The Captive
The Captive
2026 · Alejandro Amenábar
The Final Piece
The Final Piece
2026 · Naoto Kumazawa
Accidentally
Accidentally
1968 · John Woo
Beatrice
Beatrice
1987 · Bertrand Tavernier
A Loveless Woman
A Loveless Woman
1951 · Luis Buñuel
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1981 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Sommaren med Monika
Sommaren med Monika
1953 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His films obsessively explore psychological entrapment and the desperate struggle for escape from both physical and mental confinement.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative works examine spiritual and existential captivity, portraying characters trapped by memory, desire, and the human condition itself.

 Steve McQueen United Kingdom

His films viscerally investigate systemic captivity and resistance, from institutional confinement to the inescapability of social and racial oppression.