THEME EXPLORATION

survival and extinction

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · J. A. Bayona & J.A. Bayona
Last Woman on Earth
Last Woman on Earth
1960 · Roger Corman
Daybreakers
Daybreakers
2010 · Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The Wandering Earth
The Wandering Earth
2019 · Frant Gwo
Primal: Tales of Savagery
Primal: Tales of Savagery
2019 · Genndy Tartakovsky
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's struggle against hostile nature and the thin line between civilization and annihilation, from Aguirre to Grizzly Man.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

He explores existential extinction through meditative science fiction and philosophical inquiry into whether humanity deserves survival in films like Stalker and Solaris.

 Denis Villeneuve France

Her unflinching examinations of violence, desire, and cultural collision portray survival as morally ambiguous, particularly in High Life and Trouble Every Day.