THEME EXPLORATION

outlaw protagonist

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Great Silence
The Great Silence
1968 · Sergio Corbucci
The Paleface
The Paleface
1948 · Frank Tashlin
Shrek
Shrek
2001 · Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Paul Greengrass
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 · Sam Taylor-Johnson
Tapage Nocturne
Tapage Nocturne
1979 · Catherine Breillat
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Hellboy
Hellboy
2004 · Guillermo del Toro
Rear Window
Rear Window
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
1928 · William Wyler
Au Bonheur des Dames
Au Bonheur des Dames
1930 · Julien Duvivier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Pierre Melville France

Melville's crime films like 'Le Samouraï' and 'Le Cercle Rouge' epitomize the cool, code-bound outlaw protagonist navigating moral ambiguity.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

Wong's stylistically baroque films like 'Chungking Express' and 'In the Mood for Love' transform urban criminals and drifters into poetic, melancholic antiheroes.