THEME EXPLORATION

consequences of wishes

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Bullet
Bullet
1993 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Aladdin
Aladdin
2019 · Guy Ritchie
Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim
1962 · François Truffaut
Geometry
Geometry
1987 · Guillermo del Toro
Clean
Clean
2004 · Olivier Assayas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
William Wyler France/USA

His films like 'Mrs. Miniver' and 'The Best Years of Our Lives' deeply explore how characters' desires reshape their lives and relationships with unforeseen consequences.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His masterpieces 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' center on protagonists whose wishes and choices trigger cascading magical and emotional consequences.

 Billy Wilder Austria/USA

Films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' meticulously chart how characters' ambitions and desires spiral into moral corruption and personal destruction.