THEME EXPLORATION

isolated wilderness survival

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
The Ingrate
The Ingrate
1908 · D.W. Griffith
The Journey
The Journey
1995 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Valley of Silent Men
The Valley of Silent Men
1922 · Frank Borzage
Alien 3
Alien 3
1992 · David Fincher
Predators
Predators
2010 · Nimród Antal
I quattro dell’apocalisse
I quattro dell’apocalisse
1975 · Lucio Fulci
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Alexandre Aja
Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn
2003 · Rob Schmidt
Dead Snow
Dead Snow
2009 · Tommy Wirkola
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers
2002 · Neil Marshall
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively explore humanity's fragile existence against overwhelming natural forces, as seen in Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

His visceral approach to survival and primal human struggle culminates in The Revenant, a meditation on man versus untamed wilderness.

 Ari Aster United States

His films isolate characters in desolate landscapes to explore psychological unraveling, most strikingly in Midsommar and Hereditary.