THEME EXPLORATION

will and testament

14 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
2010 · Louis Leterrier
Being Towards Death
Being Towards Death
2026 · Chen Sicheng
Il messia
Il messia
1975 · Roberto Rossellini
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 · Kon Ichikawa
Knowing
Knowing
2009 · Alex Proyas
Jimmy Jaguár
Jimmy Jaguár
2025 · Benedek Fliegauf
The Pearl
The Pearl
1947 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970 · Nagisa Oshima
Ne Zha
Ne Zha
2019 · Jiao Zi
The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules
2014 · Renny Harlin
He Dies at the End
He Dies at the End
2010 · Damian McCarthy
Yamadonga
Yamadonga
2007 · S. S. Rajamouli
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

Fanny and Alexander and Winter Light examine mortality, inheritance of trauma, and how previous generations' choices haunt and shape the living through psychological and spiritual legacies.

 Stanley Kubrick USA

Eyes Wide Shut and Barry Lyndon explore the transmission of secrets, power structures, and moral inheritances across families and societies, questioning what endures after death.