THEME EXPLORATION

superhero responsibility

12 films · 3 directors

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · and Rodney Rothman & Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey

Spider-Man
2002 · Sam Raimi

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Joss Whedon

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · Jon Watts

Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf

Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki

Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut

Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze

The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund

Spider
2002 · David Cronenberg

Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Brings youthful vulnerability and earnest charm to blockbuster spectacle.

Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Explores the moral burden and personal cost of power through Batman's struggle between justice and self-sacrifice in The Dark Knight trilogy.

Ryan Coogler United States

Examines how superhero responsibility intersects with community, legacy, and duty to one's people in Black Panther and its sequel.