THEME EXPLORATION

midwest wasteland

8 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · Wes Ball
Greaser’s Palace
Greaser’s Palace
1972 · Robert Downey Sr
A Serious Man
A Serious Man
2009 · Joel Coen
The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Alexandre Aja
The Domestics
The Domestics
2018 · Mike P. Nelson
Greenland 2: Migration
Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · Ric Roman Waugh
Rats: Night of Terror
Rats: Night of Terror
1984 · Frank Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His films like 'The Straight Story' and 'Twin Peaks' capture the haunting underbelly of small-town American Midwest life with surreal, atmospheric dread.

 Coen Brothers United States

Films such as 'Fargo' and 'No Country for Old Men' explore desolate Midwestern and rural American landscapes populated by morally complex characters.