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THEME EXPLORATION

religious conviction

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Thunder on the Hill
Thunder on the Hill
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Michael Curtiz
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His films like The Gospel According to St. Matthew and Teorema probe religious faith, doubt, and spiritual crisis through provocative philosophical inquiry.

Carl Theodor Dreyer → Denmark

His masterpieces Ordet and The Passion of Joan of Arc explore faith, miracles, and spiritual conviction with profound emotional and theological depth.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His meditative films like Stalker, Mirror, and Nostalgia examine spiritual longing, religious meaning, and transcendence through contemplative cinema.

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