THEME EXPLORATION

global catastrophe

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Panther
Black Panther
2018 · Ryan Coogler
Independence Day
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · J. A. Bayona & J.A. Bayona
The Avengers
The Avengers
2012 · Joss Whedon
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026 · Malcolm Venville
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
1977 · Chris Marker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roland Emmerich West Germany

Visionary disaster filmmaker crafting large-scale spectacles of global catastrophe and human resilience.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 explore humanity's existential challenges and our response to catastrophic scenarios through intimate human perspectives.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

His works including Snowpiercer and Okja use global catastrophe as metaphors for systemic collapse and social inequality in darkly comic yet deeply humanistic ways.