THEME EXPLORATION

family abandonment

33 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Encanto
Encanto
2021 · Byron Howard & Jared Bush
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · James Gunn
Romería
Romería
2026 · Carla Simón
Summer with Hope
Summer with Hope
2022 · Sadaf Foroughi
The Tao Exorcist
The Tao Exorcist
2026 · Chiou Hau-jou
La Mort en ce jardin
La Mort en ce jardin
1956 · Luis Buñuel
Rich in Love
Rich in Love
1992 · Bruce Beresford
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
2004 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Lost Children
The Lost Children
2023 · Michèle Jacob
Zizotek
Zizotek
2019 · Vardis Marinakis
All I Desire
All I Desire
1953 · Douglas Sirk
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
1987 · Bill Forsyth
The Sons of the Leopard
The Sons of the Leopard
1965 · Sergio Corbucci
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005 · Adam Shankman
Broker
Broker
2022 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
2021 · William Eubank
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'After the Storm' intimately explore parental neglect and family fragmentation with profound emotional nuance.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema frequently depicts how poverty and systemic failure force families apart, as seen in 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes'.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her visceral, introspective films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' examine parental dysfunction and emotional abandonment through experimental storytelling.