THEME EXPLORATION

natural phenomena

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
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
Key Largo *
Key Largo *
1948 · John Huston
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Mindbender
Mindbender
1996 · Ken Russell
Noto, Mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, Carnevale
Noto, Mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, Carnevale
1992 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Impossible
The Impossible
2012 · J. A. Bayona
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
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
Uma Mensagem de Chico Xavier
1972 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
2019 · Soichi Masui
The Wave
The Wave
2015 · Roar Uthaug
The Great Flood
The Great Flood
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
Apartment 143
Apartment 143
2011 · Carles Torrens
Flight Crew
Flight Crew
2016 · Nikolay Lebedev
Portals
Portals
2019 · Timo Tjahjanto
Raid on the Lethal Zone
Raid on the Lethal Zone
2023 · Herman Yau
Sky Pirates
Sky Pirates
1986 · Colin Eggleston
The Book of Fish
The Book of Fish
2021 · Lee Joon-ik
Storm Children
Storm Children
2014 · Lav Diaz
The Tunnel
The Tunnel
2019 · Pål Øie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's relationship with untamed nature, from volcanoes to jungles, exploring how natural forces shape human destiny.

 Terrence Malick USA

He creates poetic meditations on the natural world's beauty and chaos, weaving landscape cinematography with philosophical questions about existence and creation.

 Kira Muratova Ukraine/USSR

Her surreal visual language captures natural phenomena—storms, weather, organic decay—as metaphors for human psychology and social upheaval.