THEME EXPLORATION

morality and redemption

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
An Honest Man
An Honest Man
1918 · Frank Borzage
Way Down East
Way Down East
1920 · D.W. Griffith
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · Derek Cianfrance
The Naked Spur
The Naked Spur
1953 · Anthony Mann
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2013 · Takashi Miike
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Clint Eastwood USA

Eastwood strips storytelling to moral essentials, favoring weathered faces and sparse dialogue over spectacle.

 Terrence Malick

Lyrical, philosophical cinema exploring humanity's place within nature and the divine.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

His films obsessively explore spiritual anguish and the possibility of redemption through suffering and transformation.