THEME EXPLORATION

underworld journey

30 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Worldly Desires
Worldly Desires
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
Hajime no Ippo
Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
KD – The Devil
KD – The Devil
2026 · Prem
The Furious
The Furious
2026 · Kenji Tanigaki
Alone Across the Pacific
Alone Across the Pacific
1963 · Kon Ichikawa
The King of The Internet
The King of The Internet
2026 · Fabrício Bittar
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
1971 · Mauro Bolognini
E la Nave va
E la Nave va
1983 · Federico Fellini
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
1995 · Wong Kar-wai
O Lucky Man!
O Lucky Man!
1973 · Lindsay Anderson
París-Tombuctú
París-Tombuctú
1999 · Luis García Berlanga
The Journey
The Journey
1995 · Abbas Kiarostami
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films like 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'The Shape of Water' consistently explore descent into darker, hidden worlds both physically and psychologically.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' feature protagonists journeying through mystical underworlds filled with supernatural beings and moral transformation.