THEME EXPLORATION

natural elements

35 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Scarborough Bluffs
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · David Cronenberg
Godzilla
Godzilla
2014 · Gareth Edwards
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
1990 · David Lynch
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Swapped
Swapped
2026 · Nathan Greno
Amazonas, Amazonas
Amazonas, Amazonas
1966 · Glauber Rocha
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Puffball
Puffball
2007 · Nicolas Roeg
The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Impossible
The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona
The Strange Pair
The Strange Pair
1988 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Vision
Vision
2009 · Margarethe von Trotta
Darwin
Darwin
1992 · Peter Greenaway
Everest
Everest
2015 · Baltasar Kormákur
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71
1972 · Mrinal Sen
La Chrysalide et le papillon
La Chrysalide et le papillon
1901 · Georges Méliès
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
1973 · Isao Takahata
The Weird Man
The Weird Man
1983 · Chang Cheh
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
The Wave
The Wave
2015 · Roar Uthaug
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
Bad Girl Island
Bad Girl Island
2007 · Stewart Raffill
Flight Crew
Flight Crew
2016 · Nikolay Lebedev
Horror Stories 3
Horror Stories 3
2016 · Min Kyu-dong
Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java
1969 · Bernard L. Kowalski
Nerisa
Nerisa
2021 · Lawrence Fajardo
Raging Sun, Raging Sky
Raging Sun, Raging Sky
2009 · Julián Hernández
Spiritual Kung Fu
Spiritual Kung Fu
1978 · Lo Wei
Storm Children
Storm Children
2014 · Lav Diaz
The Tunnel
The Tunnel
2019 · Pål Øie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick USA

His films are meditative explorations of nature's beauty and humanity's relationship with the natural world, using sweeping cinematography and philosophical narration.

 Werner Herzog Germany

He obsessively documents extreme natural environments and landscapes, revealing the sublime and often terrifying power of untamed nature.

 Agnès Varda France

Her poetic documentaries and fiction films celebrate the natural world, seasons, and organic life with intimate, observational cinematography.