THEME EXPLORATION

exile and redemption

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Die Ruckkehr
Die Ruckkehr
1990 · Margarethe von Trotta
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
1983 · Andrei Tarkovsky
La Bandera
La Bandera
1935 · Julien Duvivier
Scattered Clouds
Scattered Clouds
1967 · Mikio Naruse
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Wes Anderson
The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
They Dare Not Love
They Dare Not Love
1941 · James Whale
Rainy Dog
Rainy Dog
1997 · Takashi Miike
The King's Warden
The King's Warden
2026 · Chang Hang-jun
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944 · Sergei Eisenstein
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Todo sobre mi madre
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 · Pedro Almodóvar
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
The Hunt
The Hunt
2012 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films explore spiritual exile and the redemptive power of memory, faith, and human connection across displaced lives and metaphysical journeys.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His work captures emotional exile and romantic redemption through visually poetic narratives of lonely individuals seeking connection and meaning in urban solitude.

 Terrence Malick United States

His films examine existential exile from grace and nature, presenting redemption through transcendence, memory, and the search for divine presence.