THEME EXPLORATION

redemption and morality

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
An Honest Man
An Honest Man
1918 · Frank Borzage
Way Down East
Way Down East
1920 · D.W. Griffith
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2013 · Takashi Miike
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
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
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky United States

His films like The Wrestler and Black Swan explore characters seeking redemption through suffering and self-destruction, probing the moral cost of ambition.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His Dekalog and Three Colors trilogy fundamentally interrogate morality, redemption, and human connection through interconnected stories of spiritual awakening.