THEME EXPLORATION

survival and resistance

39 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · James Cameron
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
Nine Lives
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1988 · Nils Gaup
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
The Blue Trail
The Blue Trail
2026 · Gabriel Mascaro
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
The Earth Dies Screaming
The Earth Dies Screaming
1964 · Terence Fisher
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Fred Zinnemann
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
EVANGELION:3.0(-46h)
EVANGELION:3.0(-46h)
2023 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
Occupation
Occupation
2018 · Luke Sparke
Rakka
Rakka
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
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
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual and psychological survival against totalitarian systems, questioning human resilience and resistance through metaphysical inquiry.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema chronicles ordinary people's survival and resistance against systemic poverty, inequality, and institutional injustice.