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THEME EXPLORATION

border crossing

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Primitive
Primitive
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Silent Run
The Silent Run
2026 · Marta Bergman
In the Border States
In the Border States
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Lightnin’
Lightnin’
1925 · John Ford
Ride With the Devil
Ride With the Devil
1999 · Ang Lee
The Border
The Border
1982 · Tony Richardson
The Fourth War
The Fourth War
1990 · John Frankenheimer
The Passage
The Passage
1979 · J. Lee Thompson
A Time for Killing
A Time for Killing
1967 · Phil Karlson & Roger Corman
Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · Adrian Grünberg
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Stefano Sollima
The Suspended Step of the Stork
The Suspended Step of the Stork
1991 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alejandro González Iñárritu → Mexico

His films like 'Babel' and 'Biutiful' explore the physical, psychological, and moral borders that separate humanity across different cultures and social classes.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

Through works like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes', he examines the invisible borders of class, poverty, and social systems that divide societies and trap individuals.

Chloé Zhao → China/United States

Her films 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' explore physical and symbolic borders of belonging, displacement, and the search for home across the American landscape.

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