THEME EXPLORATION

fish-out-of-water journey

29 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972 · Bruce Beresford
Making a Splash
Making a Splash
1984 · Peter Greenaway
Coming to America
Coming to America
1988 · John Landis
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Wrong Move
Wrong Move
1975 · Wim Wenders
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Waterfall
Waterfall
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
Hajime no Ippo
Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020 · Jeff Fowler
E la Nave va
E la Nave va
1983 · Federico Fellini
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Jean Rouch
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
1975 · François Truffaut
O Lucky Man!
O Lucky Man!
1973 · Lindsay Anderson
París-Tombuctú
París-Tombuctú
1999 · Luis García Berlanga
The Crossing I
The Crossing I
2014 · John Woo
The Journey
The Journey
1995 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Water Diary
The Water Diary
2006 · Jane Campion
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Peter Jackson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Buster Keaton United States

His silent films masterfully explore characters displaced in absurd environments, using physical comedy to highlight the collision between individual and foreign circumstances.

 Wes Anderson United States

His whimsical aesthetic frames characters as perpetual misfits in meticulously constructed worlds where displacement becomes both comedic and deeply melancholic.