THEME EXPLORATION

human evolution

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla
2016 · Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
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
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films, particularly 2001: A Space Odyssey, explore human evolution from primitive apes to transcendent beings across cosmic scales.

 Terrence Malick United States

The Tree of Life presents human existence as part of a grand evolutionary and spiritual continuum from the Big Bang through childhood discovery.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and narratives examine humanity's primal nature, obsessions, and the ongoing struggle between civilization and our evolutionary instincts.