THEME EXPLORATION

sacrifice for family

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · and Justin K. Thompson & Joaquim Dos Santos & Kemp Powers
American Sniper
American Sniper
2014 · Clint Eastwood
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
Encanto
Encanto
2021 · Byron Howard & Jared Bush
Out of Love
Out of Love
2025 · Nathan Ambrosioni
Summer with Hope
Summer with Hope
2022 · Sadaf Foroughi
Blast
Blast
2026 · Subash K Raj
Drishyam 3
Drishyam 3
2026 · Jeethu Joseph
Once Upon My Mother
Once Upon My Mother
2026 · Ken Scott
Romería
Romería
2026 · Carla Simón
Sakamoto Days
Sakamoto Days
2026 · Yuichi Fukuda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' explore how family members sacrifice and compromise for each other's survival and wellbeing.

 Asghar Farhadi Iran

Works such as 'A Separation' and 'The Salesman' deeply examine moral sacrifices parents and spouses make within family relationships.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His intimate family dramas like 'The Time to Live and the Time to Die' portray quiet, generational sacrifices within households with poetic restraint.