THEME EXPLORATION

life and death stakes

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
Bye Bye Braverman
Bye Bye Braverman
1968 · Sidney Lumet
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 · Akira Kurosawa
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
1973 · Jean Rouch
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
Söndagsbarn
Söndagsbarn
1992 · Ingmar Bergman
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Wind Will Carry Us
1999 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His metaphysical films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' contemplate mortality, memory, and spiritual existence through meditative visual poetry.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His masterpieces 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Persona' directly confront death, faith, and human consciousness with psychological intensity.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films like 'Ikiru' and 'Rashomon' explore mortality, meaning, and the fragility of human existence with profound humanism.