THEME EXPLORATION

apocalyptic survival

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
2012
2012
2009 · Roland Emmerich
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 · Adam Wingard
Quintet
Quintet
1979 · Robert Altman
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Take Shelter
Take Shelter
2011 · Jeff Nichols
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Hideaki Anno & Katsuichi Nakayama & Kazuya Tsurumaki & Mahiro Maeda
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan
2015 · Shinji Higuchi
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
Worldbreaker
Worldbreaker
2025 · Brad Anderson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Shane Acker USA

Creates visually striking dystopian narratives exploring consciousness and humanity through stylized animation.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like Blade Runner 2049 and Dune explore humanity's survival in hostile, resource-scarce worlds where civilization has fundamentally transformed.

 Beth McCarthy-Miller USA

Though primarily a novelist, his adaptation The Road presents one of cinema's bleakest apocalyptic survival narratives about a father and son navigating a dead world.