THEME EXPLORATION

extraterrestrial survival

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Aliens
Aliens
1986 · James Cameron
Predator
Predator
1987 · John McTiernan
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Critters
Critters
1986 · Stephen Herek
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
Raiders of Atlantis
Raiders of Atlantis
1983 · Ruggero Deodato
Undead
Undead
2003 · Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
War Machine
War Machine
2026 · Patrick Hughes
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town
1988 · Xie Jin
Hi, Tereska
Hi, Tereska
2001 · Robert Gliński
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Scott Waugh United Kingdom

His films Alien and Prometheus directly explore extraterrestrial survival through the lens of human vulnerability and adaptation in hostile cosmic environments.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His work, particularly Arrival and Dune, examines how humanity survives encounters with alien intelligence through communication, understanding, and coexistence.

 John Carpenter United States

His film The Thing presents extraterrestrial survival as a paranoid thriller where an alien organism must adapt to survive on Earth while humans struggle to detect and eliminate it.