THEME EXPLORATION

endurance athletics

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
Film For Guitar
Film For Guitar
1966 · Bruce Beresford
The Hill
The Hill
1965 · Sidney Lumet
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Kobe Doin' Work
Kobe Doin' Work
2009 · Spike Lee
Race
Race
2016 · Stephen Hopkins
Arthur the King
Arthur the King
2024 · Simon Cellan Jones
The Program
The Program
2015 · Stephen Frears
The Butt
The Butt
1974 · Bo Widerberg
Vive Le Tour
Vive Le Tour
1962 · Louis Malle
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle the physical and emotional endurance required of working-class people surviving systemic hardship.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her work explores human resilience and the grueling perseverance demanded by economic survival and nomadic life.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His epics and dramas repeatedly examine characters who must endure impossible physical and moral trials to achieve their goals.