THEME EXPLORATION

outsider protagonist

23 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Shrek
Shrek
2001 · Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Paul Greengrass
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
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
Come Drink With Me
Come Drink With Me
1966 · King Hu
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1979 · Francesco Rosi
Follow the Star
Follow the Star
1978 · John Woo
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
Her Alibi
Her Alibi
1989 · Bruce Beresford
The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family
1976 · Kon Ichikawa
The Earth Dies Screaming
The Earth Dies Screaming
1964 · Terence Fisher
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005 · Dario Argento
The Frighteners
The Frighteners
1996 · Peter Jackson
Blind Fury
Blind Fury
1989 · Phillip Noyce
Come... Kiss... Finished!
Come... Kiss... Finished!
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
Hellboy
Hellboy
2019 · Neil Marshall
Spiritual Fists
Spiritual Fists
1975 · Chang Cheh
Fright Night
Fright Night
2011 · Craig Gillespie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Buster Keaton United States

His deadpan character navigates absurd worlds as a perpetual outsider, struggling against indifferent social systems and physical chaos.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His characters are existential outsiders to modern life itself, caught between traditional values and a changing world they cannot fully belong to.