THEME EXPLORATION

religious repression

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Religulous
Religulous
2008 · Larry Charles
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Michael Curtiz
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Mission
Mission
1987 · Christian Petzold
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fanny och Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
1982 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist films systematically deconstruct Catholic dogma and religious hypocrisy through darkly comic imagery and subversive narratives.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

He provocatively examined religious repression and sexual constraint in post-war Catholic society through transgressive storytelling and controversial adaptations.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His austere, spiritually intense films explore faith, doubt, and the psychological torment inflicted by rigid religious institutions on individuals.