THEME EXPLORATION

sacrifice and resentment

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Shawn Levy
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
1985 · George Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual sacrifice and the psychological resentment that emerges from unfulfilled longing and existential compromise.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

She examines the sacrifices ordinary people make for survival and the quiet resentment embedded in economic marginalization and lost dreams.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His works delve into family sacrifice, parental devotion, and the unspoken resentments that simmer beneath relationships built on duty rather than choice.