THEME EXPLORATION

pursuit and manhunt

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
2019 · John Lee Hancock
The Jackal
The Jackal
1997 · Michael Caton-Jones
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · Tony Richardson
Yella
Yella
2007 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher United States

His meticulous psychological thrillers like *Se7en* and *Zodiac* obsessively explore the cat-and-mouse dynamics between hunter and hunted.

 William Friedkin United States

*The French Connection* and *To Live and Die in L.A.* define the genre with visceral manhunt sequences and moral ambiguity between pursuer and prey.