THEME EXPLORATION

human stupidity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films systematically deconstruct human irrationality, institutional blindness, and the gap between intention and consequence across war, politics, and society.

 Werner Herzog Germany

He obsessively documents human folly, delusion, and the tragic comedy of individuals pursuing impossible dreams against reason and nature.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His work dissects collective apathy, moral complacency, and the casual cruelty that emerges from human indifference and intellectual laziness.