THEME EXPLORATION

redemption after imprisonment

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
Il generale della rovere
Il generale della rovere
1959 · Roberto Rossellini
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979 · —
Hello Out There
Hello Out There
1949 · James Whale
Oldboy
Oldboy
2013 · Spike Lee
Las Islas Marias
Las Islas Marias
1951 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Women in Arms
Women in Arms
1991 · Sergio Corbucci
Love Me Instead
Love Me Instead
2021 · Mehmet Ada Öztekin
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
1971 · Toshiya Fujita
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Todo sobre mi madre
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 · Pedro Almodóvar
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
The Hunt
The Hunt
2012 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her visceral storytelling in films like 'You Were Never Really Here' explores trauma, redemption, and psychological liberation from past horrors.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His humanistic films like 'After the Storm' and 'Nobody Knows' tenderly examine how broken people find grace, connection, and redemption.