THEME EXPLORATION

survival instincts

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The Sea Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
1978 · Stewart Raffill
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
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
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document human struggle against nature and fate, exploring primal determination to endure against impossible odds.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

He repeatedly examines survival through violence, desperation, and moral compromise, probing what humans will sacrifice to stay alive.

 Denis Villeneuve France

Her visceral cinema explores bodily vulnerability and the raw instincts that emerge when civilized life collapses.