THEME EXPLORATION

journey and return

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Wrong Move
Wrong Move
1975 · Wim Wenders
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015 · J.J. Abrams
Rain Man
Rain Man
1988 · Barry Levinson
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Worldly Desires
Worldly Desires
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
2010 · Louis Leterrier
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His films like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle center on characters' transformative journeys through magical worlds and their ultimate return home fundamentally changed.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Films like Parasite and Mother interrogate journeys through social hierarchies and moral boundaries, where characters discover return to their origins is impossible or undesirable.