THEME EXPLORATION

faith vs. materialism

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
El sue ño de la maestra
El sue ño de la maestra
2002 · Luis García Berlanga
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films like Stalker and Mirror explore spiritual transcendence against materialist ideology through meditative visual language and philosophical inquiry.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His works, particularly Vampyr and Ordet, interrogate faith's power over material reality through expressionist imagery and profound metaphysical questions.

 Terrence Malick United States

Films like The Tree of Life and A Hidden Life juxtapose the spiritual search for meaning against worldly corruption and material ambition through poetic cinematography.