THEME EXPLORATION

redemption and unfinished business

29 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Little Angels of Luck
Little Angels of Luck
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Broadway Danny Rose
Broadway Danny Rose
1984 · Woody Allen
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
1979 · Kar-leung Lau
House with a Good View 2
House with a Good View 2
2015 · Gyeong Seok-Ho
My Cousin
My Cousin
2020 · Jan Kounen
Mirreyes contra Godínez: Un Especial de Navidad
Mirreyes contra Godínez: Un Especial de Navidad
2025 · Chava Cartas
When Love Springs
When Love Springs
2023 · Jo-Anne Brechin
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
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
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wes Anderson USA

His films like *There Will Be Blood* and *The Master* explore characters trapped by ambition and past trauma, seeking redemption through destructive pursuits.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Works such as *After Life* and *Shoplifters* intimately examine how characters confront their unfinished emotional business and seek quiet redemption through human connection.

 Ethan Coen USA

Films like *No Country for Old Men* and *A Serious Man* present protagonists grappling with moral failure and the impossibility of redemption in an indifferent universe.