THEME EXPLORATION

outlaw narrative

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Fiction
Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
2011 · Chris Miller
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
The Samca File
The Samca File
2026 · George ve Gänaeaard
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Act Da Fool
Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone Italy

His Spaghetti Westerns redefined the outlaw archetype, portraying morally ambiguous anti-heroes navigating lawless frontiers with operatic grandeur.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

Ford's Westerns systematically explore the tension between civilization and outlawry, questioning whether outlaws are criminals or rebels against unjust systems.

 Jean-Pierre Melville France

His heist and crime films like 'Le Samouraï' and 'Bob le Flambeur' present outlaws as existential philosophers bound by personal codes rather than law.