THEME EXPLORATION

hubris and folly

9 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Bride!
The Bride!
2026 · Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Éclipse du soleil en pleine lune
Éclipse du soleil en pleine lune
1907 · Georges Méliès
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024 · Nick Park
To Hare Is Human
To Hare Is Human
1956 · Chuck Jones
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
1958 · Roy Ward Baker
Long Weekend
Long Weekend
2013 · Taweewat Wantha
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
William Wyler France/United States

His epic dramas like 'Ben-Hur' and 'The Best Years of Our Lives' explore how ambition and pride lead to moral reckoning and downfall.

 Walter Lang Germany

His masterpieces 'Metropolis' and 'M' dissect how human arrogance and misplaced certainty lead to catastrophic consequences and societal collapse.