THEME EXPLORATION

frontier survival

32 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Revenant
The Revenant
2015 · Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Leather Stockings
Leather Stockings
1909 · D.W. Griffith
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
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
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
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
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
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1987 · Nils Gaup
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humans confronting extreme wilderness and their own limits, from Aguirre to Fitzcarraldo to Grizzly Man.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

Pioneer of the Western genre, he explored frontier settlement, survival ethics, and the clash between civilization and wilderness across dozens of films.