Cinema Atlas
Discover Ask the Atlas World Map Directors My List Newsletter
THEME EXPLORATION

proof and belief

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
Disclosure Day
Disclosure Day
2026 · Steven Spielberg
A Midnight Adventure
A Midnight Adventure
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Tim Burton
Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River
1950 · Jean Rouch
Citizen Saint
Citizen Saint
2023 · Tinatin Kajrishvili
Audrey Rose
Audrey Rose
1977 · Robert Wise
I Am an ESP
I Am an ESP
1985 · Sergio Corbucci
Karmic Mahjong
Karmic Mahjong
2006 · Wang Xiaoshuai
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 · Lasse Hallström
407 Dark Flight
407 Dark Flight
2012 · Isara Nadee
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Abbas Kiarostami → Iran

His work persistently blurs documentary and fiction, asking audiences to examine their assumptions about what they're witnessing and how belief shapes perception.

David Fincher → USA

Films like Zodiac and Gone Girl obsessively explore the gap between evidence and conviction, showing how belief can override proof and vice versa.

Cinema Atlas
About Newsletter Privacy Terms
© Cinema Atlas 2026 · An independent world-cinema guide
Discover Search Ask the Atlas My List Newsletter