Tracing the thread…
His films like Stalker and Solaris deeply explore humanity's relationship with alien/unknown worlds and the psychological destruction of exploring beyond home.
Terrence Malick United StatesThe Tree of Life and The New World meditate on humanity's fall from grace and the destruction of Eden-like worlds through civilization and ambition.
Joachim Trier DenmarkMelancholia and Antichrist explicitly depict the apocalyptic destruction of Earth and home through cosmic collision and psychological disintegration.