THEME EXPLORATION

spiritual ambiguity

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Dark Mirror
The Dark Mirror
1946 · Robert Siodmak
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
Terrorizer
Terrorizer
1986 · Edward Yang
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2026 · Juan Jose Meza-Leon
7 Dogs
7 Dogs
2026 · Adil El Arbi
Dridam
Dridam
2026 · Martin Joseph
Blast
Blast
2026 · Subash K Raj
Ghost in the Cell
Ghost in the Cell
2026 · Joko Anwar
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
The Silent Run
The Silent Run
2026 · Marta Bergman
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
A Cruz na praça
A Cruz na praça
1959 · Glauber Rocha
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1981 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Cronaca di un amore
Cronaca di un amore
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
El faquir
El faquir
1947 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Holy Smoke
Holy Smoke
1999 · Jane Campion
La Voie lactée
La Voie lactée
1969 · Luis Buñuel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' explore the metaphysical and spiritual through long, meditative sequences that question faith, meaning, and the unknowable.

 Terrence Malick United States

His poetic cinema constantly interrogates spirituality, existence, and divine presence through fragmented narratives and transcendent imagery that remains deliberately ambiguous.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His works like 'Afterlife' and 'The Third Person' gently blur the boundaries between the material and spiritual worlds, exploring grace and transcendence in everyday moments.