THEME EXPLORATION

search for extraterrestrial life

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Spielberg United States

His filmography repeatedly explores humanity's connection to extraterrestrial life with wonder and philosophical depth, from Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E.T. to War of the Worlds.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Solaris and Stalker meditate on the unknowable nature of alien intelligence and humanity's struggle to comprehend consciousness beyond our own species.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Arrival profoundly explores first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence through the lens of linguistics, consciousness, and the transformative nature of encountering alien life.