THEME EXPLORATION

nature versus civilization

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
So Can I
So Can I
1975 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Terry Gilliam
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
The Shallows
The Shallows
2016 · Jaume Collet-Serra
Jimmy Jaguár
Jimmy Jaguár
2025 · Benedek Fliegauf
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
Altered States
Altered States
1980 · Ken Russell
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's struggle against untamed nature and the destructive impulse to impose civilization upon it.

 Terrence Malick United States

He explores the philosophical tension between natural beauty and human ambition through poetic meditation on creation, industry, and spiritual loss.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His animations persistently question whether civilization can coexist with nature, portraying environmental destruction and the cost of progress with visual poetry.