THEME EXPLORATION

societal collapse

22 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up
2021 · Adam McKay
Fever Room
Fever Room
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
No Good Men
No Good Men
2026 · Shahrbanoo Sadat
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
The Exterminating Angel
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Luis Buñuel
Farewells
Farewells
1958 · Wojciech Has
Brutal Heat
Brutal Heat
2023 · Albert Hospodářský
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Moments
Moments
2018 · Beata Parkanová
Vesper
Vesper
2022 · Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper
In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight
2022 · Emmanuel Tardif
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
2018 · Fernando Solanas
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1971 · Shuji Terayama
Over Again
Over Again
1961 · Mrinal Sen
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 · Isao Takahata
The Fall of Rome
The Fall of Rome
1962 · Antonio Margheriti
High-Rise
High-Rise
2015 · Ben Wheatley
Fish and Elephant
Fish and Elephant
2001 · Li Yu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Spain

Crafts visceral thrillers exploring human fragility amid systemic collapse and survival.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively examine human fragility and civilizational decay through apocalyptic narratives and philosophical meditations on collapse.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

He explores societal and spiritual disintegration through slow, meditative cinema that questions the meaning of human progress and civilization.