THEME EXPLORATION

cosmic conflict

41 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier

Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
1993 · Shigeyasu Yamauchi

The Cat
1992 · Lam Nai-Choi

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy

L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Das Madchen vom Moorhof

Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk

Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu

A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi

Memories of Underdevelopment

Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone

The Night of Counting the Years

The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam

Chronicle of the Years of Fire

Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Heavenly Creatures

Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro

Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad

Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman

Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron

Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop

Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab

Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach

Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund

Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino

Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze

The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri

Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven

Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević

Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa

Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Time That Remains

The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman

Where Do We Go Now

Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki

Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete

Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker

Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin

Honeymoon
2013 · Jan Hřebejk

León and Olvido

León and Olvido
2004 · Xavier Bermúdez

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical science fiction films like Solaris and Stalker explore humanity's existential conflicts with the cosmos and the unknown.

Denis Villeneuve Canada

His sci-fi epics Blade Runner 2049 and Dune present sprawling cosmic conflicts between civilizations, ideologies, and humanity's place in vast universes.

Scott Waugh United Kingdom

The Alien franchise and films like Prometheus depict primal cosmic conflicts between humanity and alien forces across the darkness of space.