THEME EXPLORATION

meaning of life

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 · Akira Kurosawa
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty
2012 · Marco Bellocchio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Wild Strawberries' directly confront existential questions about mortality, faith, and the search for meaning through intimate character studies.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative, philosophical works such as 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore spiritual emptiness and the human quest for purpose through transcendent cinema language.

 Terrence Malick United States

Films like 'The Tree of Life' and 'The Thin Red Line' poetically examine existence, consciousness, and humanity's place in the universe through lyrical visual metaphors.