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THEME EXPLORATION

ocean hazards

19 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
2003 · Andrew Stanton
Underwater Impressions
Underwater Impressions
2002 · Leni Riefenstahl
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
2013 · Guillermo del Toro
Moana
Moana
2016 · Ron Clements and John Musker
The Divine Voyage
The Divine Voyage
1929 · Julien Duvivier
The Shallows
The Shallows
2016 · Jaume Collet-Serra
Mountain Vigil
Mountain Vigil
1964 · Artavazd Pelechian
One More River
One More River
1934 · James Whale
The Pearl Button
The Pearl Button
2015 · Patricio Guzmán
The Liar
The Liar
1968 · Yannis Dalianidis
Visitors
Visitors
2003 · Richard Franklin
Adrift
Adrift
2018 · Baltasar Kormákur
Moana 2
Moana 2
2024 · David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
The Legend of 1900
The Legend of 1900
1998 · Giuseppe Tornatore
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki
2012 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
No Way Up
No Way Up
2024 · Claudio Fäh
Deep Blue
Deep Blue
2003 · Alastair Fothergill
The Silent World
The Silent World
1956 · Louis Malle
Shark Bait
Shark Bait
2022 · James Nunn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog → Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore humanity's dangerous relationship with nature and the sea, including the haunting 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo.'

Christopher Nolan → United Kingdom

His film 'Dunkirk' intensely portrays the ocean as a deadly adversary, with water becoming a primary source of peril and survival horror throughout the narrative.

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