THEME EXPLORATION

tropical escapism

29 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Walking
Walking
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Winter Flies
Winter Flies
2018 · Olmo Omerzu
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Brazil
Brazil
1985 · Terry Gilliam
Pilots
Pilots
1995 · Christian Petzold
Erupcja
Erupcja
2026 · Pete Ohs
Dodes’ka-den
Dodes’ka-den
1970 · Akira Kurosawa
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Le Sceicco bianco
Le Sceicco bianco
1952 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
Pause
Pause
2018 · Tonia Mishiali
Amor idiota
Amor idiota
2004 · Ventura Pons
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Lars von Trier
Croc
Croc
2007 · Stewart Raffill
Femmes Fatales
Femmes Fatales
1976 · Bertrand Blier
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Héctor Babenco
Reality+
Reality+
2014 · Coralie Fargeat
Suicide Room
Suicide Room
2011 · Jan Komasa
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Ben Gregor
Tiara Tahiti
Tiara Tahiti
1962 · Ted Kotcheff
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His obsessive documentaries and fiction films about remote tropical landscapes (Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams) explore the psychological allure and danger of jungle escapism.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His meditative films set in rural Thailand create dreamlike tropical spaces where time dissolves and viewers escape into sensory, spiritual immersion.