THEME EXPLORATION

violence and tenderness

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Lynch United States

He explores the disturbing violence lurking beneath small-town Americana while capturing intimate human moments of unexpected gentleness.

 Denis Villeneuve France

Her work interweaves visceral violence and raw physicality with sensual intimacy, examining desire and aggression as interconnected forces.