THEME EXPLORATION

supernatural disaster

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ghost of Asia
Ghost of Asia
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Flight 7500
Flight 7500
2014 · Takashi Shimizu
Nocturne
Nocturne
2017 · Stephen Shimek
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984 · Ivan Reitman
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hideaki Anno Japan

His works like Neon Genesis Evangelion blend apocalyptic supernatural events with psychological catastrophe, creating visceral explorations of existential disaster.

 Ari Aster United States

Films like Hereditary and Midsommar weaponize supernatural horror as agents of familial and societal collapse, treating cosmic dread as inevitable disaster.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His horror films, particularly Cure and Séance, present supernatural forces as contagious disasters that systematically unravel social order and rational reality.