THEME EXPLORATION

desert wasteland

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Knights
Knights
1993 · Albert Pyun
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Denis Villeneuve
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · Wes Ball
Dune
Dune
1984 · David Lynch
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Jean Rouch
Hell’s Heroes
Hell’s Heroes
1930 · William Wyler
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · J. Lee Thompson
Les Magiciens
Les Magiciens
1975 · Claude Chabrol
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction
2007 · Russell Mulcahy
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like Eraserhead and Twin Peaks explore barren, desolate psychological landscapes that mirror desert wastelands of the mind.

 Werner Herzog Germany

He has extensively filmed in actual deserts (Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, The Bad Lieutenant) to examine human desperation against vast, unforgiving natural voids.

 Brian A. Miller Australia

Mad Max: Fury Road and its predecessors are quintessential desert wasteland films depicting survival in hostile, post-apocalyptic desert environments.