THEME EXPLORATION

post-war survival

35 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Oshima
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain
1959 · Kon Ichikawa
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
The Big Red One
The Big Red One
1980 · Samuel Fuller
The Little American
The Little American
1917 · Cecil B. DeMille
Strike Commando
Strike Commando
1987 · Frank Miller
Come and See
Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
The Notebook
The Notebook
2013 · János Szász
Yana's Friends
Yana's Friends
1999 · Arik Kaplun
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
The Voice of Hind Rajab
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2026 · Kaouther Ben Hania
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Emitaï
Emitaï
1973 · Ousmane Sembène
Era notte a Roma
Era notte a Roma
1960 · Roberto Rossellini
Essential Killing
Essential Killing
2010 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · J. Lee Thompson
La vaquilla
La vaquilla
1985 · Luis García Berlanga
Ride With the Devil
Ride With the Devil
1999 · Ang Lee
Skammen
Skammen
1968 · Ingmar Bergman
The Way Back
The Way Back
2010 · Peter Weir
Untitled WWI Documentary
Untitled WWI Documentary
2018 · Peter Jackson
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Blood on Wolf Mountain
1936 · Fei Mu
Charlie Wilson’s War
Charlie Wilson’s War
2007 · Mike Nichols
The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War
2011 · Zhang Yimou
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Cary Joji Fukunaga
Dead Snow
Dead Snow
2009 · Tommy Wirkola
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Kathryn Bigelow
Killing Season
Killing Season
2013 · Mark Steven Johnson
Brothers
Brothers
2004 · Susanne Bier
Escape from Mogadishu
Escape from Mogadishu
2021 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Radioactive Dreams
Radioactive Dreams
1986 · Albert Pyun
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore psychological and spiritual survival in post-war societies through philosophical inquiry and memory.

 Elem Klimov Soviet Union

'Come and See' is one of cinema's most harrowing examinations of human survival and moral destruction in the aftermath of war's violence.