THEME EXPLORATION

global catastrophe

28 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Panther
Black Panther
2018 · Ryan Coogler
Independence Day
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026 · Malcolm Venville
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
1977 · Chris Marker
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Marie-Chantal contre le Docteur Kha
Marie-Chantal contre le Docteur Kha
1965 · Claude Chabrol
Brutal Heat
Brutal Heat
2023 · Albert Hospodářský
Panic Attack
Panic Attack
2018 · Paweł Maślona
Flow
Flow
2024 · Gints Zilbalodis
The Wandering Earth
The Wandering Earth
2019 · Frant Gwo
The Wave
The Wave
2015 · Roar Uthaug
8
8
2008 · Gaspar Noé & Gus Van Sant & Jan Kounen & Mira Nair
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
Cora
Cora
2024 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
Digimon: The Movie
Digimon: The Movie
2000 · Mamoru Hosoda & Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Greenland 2: Migration
Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · Ric Roman Waugh
I Am All Girls
I Am All Girls
2021 · Donovan Marsh
Lord of the Wind
Lord of the Wind
2023 · Igor Voloshin
Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969 · Bernard L. Kowalski
Portals
Portals
2019 · Timo Tjahjanto
The Halt
The Halt
2019 · Lav Diaz
The Human Experience
The Human Experience
2008 · Charles Kinnane
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roland Emmerich West Germany

Visionary disaster filmmaker crafting large-scale spectacles of global catastrophe and human resilience.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His film 'Melancholia' depicts Earth's collision with a rogue planet as a profound exploration of depression and existential dread.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

He examines humanity's response to global catastrophe through films like 'Arrival' and 'Blade Runner 2049', exploring communication and survival.