THEME EXPLORATION

exotic locations

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cobra Woman
Cobra Woman
1944 · Robert Siodmak
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
King Kong
King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Mogambo
Mogambo
1953 · John Ford
Land O’ Lizards (, incomplete)*
Land O’ Lizards (, incomplete)*
1916 · Frank Borzage
King Kong
King Kong
2005 · Peter Jackson
Moon over Morocco
Moon over Morocco
1931 · Julien Duvivier
Dr. No
Dr. No
1962 · Terence Young
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972 · Antonio Margheriti
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · Steven Spielberg
Inki at the Circus
Inki at the Circus
1947 · Chuck Jones
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document remote and extreme landscapes—from the Amazon to Antarctica—treating exotic locations as both physical and psychological frontiers.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

His films traverse striking global locations—from Tokyo to Arizona to the Amazon—using exotic landscapes as mirrors for human desperation and interconnection.