THEME EXPLORATION

religious faith and doubt

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mary
Mary
2005 · Abel Ferrara
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
1971 · Roberto Rossellini
La Voie lactée
La Voie lactée
1969 · Luis Buñuel
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
1924 · Julien Duvivier
The Nun’s Story
The Nun’s Story
1959 · Fred Zinnemann
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète
1963 · Jean Rouch
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1947 · John Ford
The Forgotten Prayer
The Forgotten Prayer
1916 · Frank Borzage
Arsenie, An Amazing Afterlife
Arsenie, An Amazing Afterlife
2023 · Alexandru Solomon
Mother Joan of the Angels
Mother Joan of the Angels
1961 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical films like *Stalker* and *The Mirror* profoundly explore spiritual yearning, doubt, and the search for meaning through meditative cinema.

 Wes Anderson United States

Films like *The Master* and *There Will Be Blood* dissect faith, manipulation, and doubt with psychological intensity and moral complexity.

 Robert Bresson France

Robert Bresson's austere masterpieces like *Au Hasard Balthazar* and *A Man Escaped* examine grace, suffering, and the tension between faith and human frailty.