THEME EXPLORATION

survival against nature

29 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cast Away
Cast Away
2000 · Robert Zemeckis
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
2012 · Gary Ross
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
Jaws
Jaws
2026 · Steven Spielberg
Kensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke's Kingdom
2026 · Neil Boyle
Chum
Chum
2026 · Jonathan Zuck
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Vesper
Vesper
2022 · Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Blood on Wolf Mountain
1936 · Fei Mu
La Constellation Jodorowsky (Louis Mouchet, ). Available on Fando y Lis DVD, Fantoma, , and Santa Sangre DVD, Anchor Bay, .
La Constellation Jodorowsky (Louis Mouchet, ). Available on Fando y Lis DVD, Fantoma, , and Santa Sangre DVD, Anchor Bay, .
1995 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea
1999 · Renny Harlin
Beast
Beast
2022 · Baltasar Kormákur
The Bear
The Bear
1988 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
Anaconda
Anaconda
2024 · Xiang Hesheng & Xiang Qiuliang
Anthem: Conviction
Anthem: Conviction
2019 · Neill Blomkamp
Clearwater
Clearwater
2020 · Rob Jabbaz
Endangered Species
Endangered Species
2021 · MJ Bassett
Freeze
Freeze
2022 · Charlie Steeds
Gerry
Gerry
2002 · Gus Van Sant
La libertad
La libertad
2001 · Lisandro Alonso
Occupation
Occupation
2018 · Luke Sparke
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's struggle against nature's indifference, from man versus jungle in Fitzcarraldo to man versus volcano in Stroszek.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

He repeatedly explored survival against overwhelming natural forces, most notably in Dersu Uzala and Ran, where landscape becomes an antagonist as powerful as any human conflict.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

His visceral filmmaking in The Revenant and Birdman examines primal human endurance against both natural wilderness and the brutal forces of existence itself.