THEME EXPLORATION

loss and survival

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Cast Away
Cast Away
2000 · Robert Zemeckis
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Dolly
Dolly
2026 · Rod Blackhurst
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2026 · Quentin Tarantino
The Marked Woman
The Marked Woman
2026 · Gabe Ibáñez
Qingtong & Kuihua
Qingtong & Kuihua
2026 · Chen Kun-hou
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
The Drifting Classroom
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cinema Jazireh
Cinema Jazireh
2025 · Gözde Kural
Dead Calm
Dead Calm
1989 · Phillip Noyce
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Santa Sangre
Santa Sangre
1989 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Cary Joji Fukunaga
Beast
Beast
2022 · Baltasar Kormákur
Oxygen
Oxygen
2021 · Alexandre Aja
Alone
Alone
2017 · David Moreau
Night Killer
Night Killer
1990 · Frank Miller
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
We Bury the Dead
We Bury the Dead
2026 · Zak Hilditch
The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell
The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell
2025 · Nathan Crooker & Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
1956 · Robert Siodmak
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
2015 · László Nemes
Todo sobre mi madre
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 · Pedro Almodóvar
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical films explore spiritual loss and the human struggle for meaning and survival in an indifferent universe.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak, slow-cinema masterpieces depict characters enduring apocalyptic conditions and moral decay while clinging to survival.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her intimate portraits of economically displaced people reveal how individuals survive loss and find dignity in precarious circumstances.