THEME EXPLORATION

search and rescue

28 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Shrek
Shrek
2001 · Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Cobra Woman
Cobra Woman
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Mystery Submarine
Mystery Submarine
1950 · Douglas Sirk
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Taken
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Identificazione di una donna
Identificazione di una donna
1982 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
1992 · Abbas Kiarostami
Run Tiger Run
Run Tiger Run
1985 · John Woo
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
1936 · Kon Ichikawa
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960 · Terence Fisher
The Search
The Search
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Dear Ones
Dear Ones
2021 · Grzegorz Jaroszuk
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Stephen Herek
Aç Kurtlar
Aç Kurtlar
1969 · Yílmaz Güney
Avenging Warriors
Avenging Warriors
1979 · Chang Cheh
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Three Heroines
Three Heroines
1938 · Dziga Vertov
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
2004 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Crawl
Crawl
2019 · Alexandre Aja
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore human survival against impossible odds and the drive to rescue others from extreme circumstances.

 Kathryn Bigelow United States

Her intense action films like *Zero Dark Thirty* and *The Hurt Locker* deeply examine the psychological and moral dimensions of search, pursuit, and rescue operations.