THEME EXPLORATION

mountain odyssey

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Clouds of Sils Maria
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014 · Olivier Assayas
A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen
1970 · King Hu
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
La Funivia del Faloria
La Funivia del Faloria
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Moonshine
Moonshine
1918 · Buster Keaton
The Blue Light
The Blue Light
1932 · Leni Riefenstahl
The Challenge
The Challenge
1982 · John Frankenheimer
The Challenge
The Challenge
1955 · Sidney Lumet
The Man
The Man
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Passage
The Passage
1979 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His obsessive fascination with extreme landscapes and human struggle against nature manifests through iconic mountain films like Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

The Revenant showcases his masterful exploration of survival, spiritual transformation, and humanity's fragile relationship with untamed mountain wilderness.

 John Lee Hancock Taiwan

His contemplative approach to character journeys within natural settings, particularly evident in Brokeback Mountain, uses mountains as both physical and emotional landscapes.