THEME EXPLORATION

human suffering

37 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Being Towards Death
Being Towards Death
2026 · Chen Sicheng
The Last Snow
The Last Snow
2002 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Pain Is...
Pain Is...
1997 · Stephen Dwoskin
Banzo
Banzo
2024 · Margarida Cardoso
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Puzzle of Pain
Puzzle of Pain
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
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
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Steve McQueen
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Cactus River
Cactus River
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Dimensions of Dialogue
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983 · Jan Švankmajer
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Mexico

Ambitious psychological narratives exploring human fragility through interconnected stories and visceral emotional intensity.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu

Fragmented narratives exploring profound human suffering and existential redemption across interconnected lives.

 Béla Tarr Hungarian

Stark monochromatic tableaux of human desolation rendered through hypnotic long takes.