THEME EXPLORATION

survivor's guilt

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Martin Scorsese
I Confess
I Confess
1953 · Alfred Hitchcock
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
2003 · Christian Petzold
Désordre
Désordre
1986 · Olivier Assayas
Goodbye Julia
Goodbye Julia
2026 · Mohamed Kordofani
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Winter Light' obsessively probe existential dread and the moral weight of survival in a hostile universe.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'After Life' and 'Nobody Knows' explore how survivors carry trauma and responsibility for those lost or left behind.