THEME EXPLORATION

darkness and light

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
2026 · Luciano Montes de Oca
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
America
America
2022 · Fabio D'Innocenzo & Damiano D'Innocenzo
El sol del membrillo
El sol del membrillo
1992 · Victor Erice
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Away
Away
2019 · Gints Zilbalodis
Kontroll
Kontroll
2003 · Nimród Antal
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films use light and shadow as metaphysical forces to explore the soul, memory, and spiritual transcendence through extended, meditative visual sequences.

 Peter Greenaway United Kingdom

His baroque visual compositions obsessively employ dramatic contrasts of light and darkness to create psychological tension and interrogate truth and artifice.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

He uses stark lighting and shadow to mirror internal emotional landscapes, depicting human suffering and moral ambiguity in visually austere, haunting ways.