THEME EXPLORATION

escape and wandering

29 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
Florianópolis Dream
Florianópolis Dream
2018 · Ana Katz
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
The Final Piece
The Final Piece
2026 · Naoto Kumazawa
A Loveless Woman
A Loveless Woman
1951 · Luis Buñuel
Calabuch
Calabuch
1956 · Luis García Berlanga
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1981 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
1974 · J. Lee Thompson
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion
1937 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
La Bandera
La Bandera
1935 · Julien Duvivier
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Sommaren med Monika
Sommaren med Monika
1953 · Ingmar Bergman
The Crossing I
The Crossing I
2014 · John Woo
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Fred Zinnemann
The Way Back
The Way Back
2010 · Peter Weir
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Alfonso Cuarón
Case for a Rookie Hangman
Case for a Rookie Hangman
1970 · Pavel Juráček
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda France

Her films chronicle wandering and displacement through intimate portraits of marginal figures seeking freedom and connection.

 Wim Wenders Germany

His meditative road movies explore existential escape and the search for meaning through constant movement across landscapes.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His animated narratives consistently feature protagonists fleeing oppressive circumstances to discover themselves in magical, transformative worlds.