THEME EXPLORATION

interplanetary conflict

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
2019 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like Arrival and Dune explore communication barriers and political conflict across species and civilizations with philosophical depth.

 John Carpenter United States

He repeatedly interrogates alien invasion narratives in films like The Thing and They Live, using extraterrestrial conflict as metaphor for paranoia and social control.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His science fiction masterpieces Solaris and Stalker use encounters with alien intelligence to examine humanity's place in the cosmos and existential conflict.