THEME EXPLORATION

pacifism

8 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Martin Scorsese
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
Calabuch
Calabuch
1956 · Luis García Berlanga
Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · William Wyler
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Robert Wise
The Yaqui Cur
The Yaqui Cur
1913 · D.W. Griffith
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki

Poetic hand-drawn worlds where gentle protagonists navigate magic, loss, and environmental transformation.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema frequently critiques militarism and violence, championing working-class pacifism and non-violent resistance to systemic oppression.

 Terrence Malick United States

His meditative films like The Thin Red Line and A Hidden Life deeply question the morality of warfare and celebrate conscientious objection and spiritual resistance.