THEME EXPLORATION

maritime journey

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Visitors
Visitors
2003 · Richard Franklin
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
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
Werner Herzog Germany

He obsessively documents journeys into extreme environments and the obsessive pursuit across dangerous waters, treating maritime voyages as metaphors for human ambition and madness.

 Jia Zhangke China

His films frequently employ rivers and waterways as central visual and thematic elements, using maritime spaces to explore displacement, social transformation, and human connection.