THEME EXPLORATION

desert highway

19 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Denis Villeneuve
Dune
Dune
1984 · David Lynch
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
2026 · Takahiro Hasui
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Jean Rouch
Hell’s Heroes
Hell’s Heroes
1930 · William Wyler
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · J. Lee Thompson
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction
2007 · Russell Mulcahy
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009 · Zhang Yimou
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Robinson
1976 · Sergio Corbucci
Straight to Hell
Straight to Hell
1987 · Alex Cox
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Umut
Umut
1970 · Yílmaz Güney
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
2026 · Yuen Woo-Ping
Legend of the Lost
Legend of the Lost
1957 · Henry Hathaway
Nature of the Beast
Nature of the Beast
1995 · Victor Salva
Three
Three
2005 · Stewart Raffill
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His films like Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart use desert highways as liminal spaces where reality fractures and hidden darkness emerges.

 Wim Wenders Germany

His masterpiece Paris, Texas and other works explore the desert highway as a metaphor for isolation, redemption, and the American landscape's existential pull.