THEME EXPLORATION

human curiosity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Arrest
Arrest
2019 · Samit Basu & Shashanka Ghosh
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films obsessively explore human curiosity about the unknown, from linguistic mysteries in Arrival to the forbidden knowledge pursued in Sicario and Dune.

 Terrence Malick United States

He crafts poetic meditations on humanity's fundamental curiosity about existence, meaning, and our place in the cosmos across his philosophical filmography.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His slow, contemplative cinema deeply examines human curiosity about consciousness, spirituality, and the mysteries of memory and desire through hypnotic visual storytelling.