THEME EXPLORATION

human relationship with nature

33 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool
2003 · François Ozon
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Silence
Silence
2016 · Martin Scorsese
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Altered States
Altered States
1980 · Ken Russell
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Jaws
Jaws
2026 · Steven Spielberg
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
1992 · Abbas Kiarostami
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll
2024 · Ivana Gloria
The Shallows
The Shallows
2016 · Jaume Collet-Serra
Divia
Divia
2025 · Dmytro Hreshko
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
Society of the Snow
Society of the Snow
2023 · J. A. Bayona
Blind War
Blind War
2022 · Chris Huo
Gerry
Gerry
2002 · Gus Van Sant
La libertad
La libertad
2001 · Lisandro Alonso
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's struggle against and fascination with untamed natural forces, from volcanoes to jungles to the limits of human endurance.

 Terrence Malick USA

He explores the spiritual and philosophical dimensions of nature, depicting it as both sublime and indifferent to human existence through poetic visual meditation.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His films dissolve boundaries between human consciousness and the natural world, using slow cinema to reveal how landscape, time, and memory are fundamentally interconnected.