THEME EXPLORATION

family loss

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6
2014 · Chris Williams & Don Hall
Learning to Love
Learning to Love
2023 · Damián Romay
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Someone to Remember
Someone to Remember
1943 · Robert Siodmak
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Todo sobre mi madre
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 · Pedro Almodóvar
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Up
Up
2009 · Pete Docter
Encanto
Encanto
2021 · Byron Howard & Jared Bush
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'After Life' and 'Our Little Sister' explore grief, absence, and family bonds with profound emotional depth and tenderness.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her works including 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' unflinchingly examine family trauma and parental loss.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' deeply explore how poverty and circumstance tear families apart with compassionate realism.