THEME EXPLORATION

religious drama

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Joan the Woman
Joan the Woman
1916 · Cecil B. DeMille
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
1919 · Frank Borzage
The First Legion
The First Legion
1950 · Douglas Sirk
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
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
2019
2019
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
1971 · Ken Russell
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Little Trouble Girls
Little Trouble Girls
2026 · Urška Djukić
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
The Testament of Ann Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee
2026 · Mona Fastvold
The Witch
The Witch
2016 · Robert Eggers
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
Ae Fond Kiss
Ae Fond Kiss
2004 · Ken Loach
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
A Man For All Seasons
A Man For All Seasons
1966 · Fred Zinnemann
Black Robe
Black Robe
1991 · Bruce Beresford
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
Ceddo
Ceddo
1978 · Ousmane Sembène
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Foggy Harbour
Foggy Harbour
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Canterbury Tales' blend religious inquiry with humanistic critique, exploring spirituality through raw, unconventional narratives.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpieces 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Vampyr' probe faith, suffering, and redemption with profound visual and spiritual intensity.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative works like 'Andrei Rublev' and 'The Sacrifice' contemplate faith, doubt, and the transcendent through philosophical depth and poetic cinematography.