THEME EXPLORATION

religious intolerance

33 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Eternal Mother
The Eternal Mother
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
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
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
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Tommy
Tommy
1975 · Ken Russell
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Forsaken
Forsaken
2026 · Vincent Garenq
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
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
Ceddo
Ceddo
1978 · Ousmane Sembène
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Holy Smoke
Holy Smoke
1999 · Jane Campion
Il Decameron
Il Decameron
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
La Voie lactée
La Voie lactée
1969 · Luis Buñuel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paul Verhoeven Netherlands

Films like 'Spotlight' and his historical works examine institutional religious hypocrisy and the harm caused by dogmatic intolerance.

 Sergei Parajanov Armenia/Soviet Union

His visually poetic films like 'The Color of Pomegranates' explore Armenian Christian identity and cultural persecution through symbolism and metaphor.