THEME EXPLORATION

prison and escape

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
Le Trou
Le Trou
1960 · Jacques Becker
Violence in a Women's Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Frank Miller
Bare Behind Bars
Bare Behind Bars
1980 · Oswaldo de Oliveira
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
Florianópolis Dream
Florianópolis Dream
2018 · Ana Katz
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
The Final Piece
The Final Piece
2026 · Naoto Kumazawa
A Loveless Woman
A Loveless Woman
1951 · Luis Buñuel
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1981 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Dogboys
Dogboys
1998 · Ken Russell
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
La strada
La strada
1954 · Federico Fellini
Sommaren med Monika
Sommaren med Monika
1953 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Audiard France

His films like 'A Prophet' and 'Rust and Bone' explore confinement, liberation, and human resilience within oppressive systems with poetic intensity.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He examines psychological imprisonment and the struggle for freedom in films like 'The Seventh Continent' and 'Caché,' probing societal constraints.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning works like 'Fallen Angels' and 'In the Mood for Love' capture emotional and spatial entrapment with yearning for escape through stylistic innovation.