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THEME EXPLORATION

parent-child bonding

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
Henry
Henry
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963 · Vincente Minnelli
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
The Sheriff’s Baby
The Sheriff’s Baby
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Ice Age
Ice Age
2002 · Chris Wedge
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore the complexities of familial bonds and what defines parenthood beyond biological relations.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' delve into the psychological depths and fractured nature of parent-child relationships.

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