THEME EXPLORATION

cosmic transformation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
2013 · Masahiro Hosoda
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
2008 · Christopher Nolan
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · James Gunn
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like Stalker and Solaris explore spiritual and metaphysical transformation through encounters with the unknown and the cosmos.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

2001: A Space Odyssey is the definitive cinematic meditation on human evolution and cosmic transcendence through technological and existential transformation.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 examine how contact with the alien and cosmic forces fundamentally transforms human perception, language, and consciousness.