THEME EXPLORATION

tropical paradise

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hello Aloha
Hello Aloha
1952 · Jack Kinney
Donovan’s Reef
Donovan’s Reef
1963 · John Ford
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Eureka
Eureka
1983 · Nicolas Roeg
Four Frightened People
Four Frightened People
1934 · Cecil B. DeMille
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Let’s Go Native
Let’s Go Native
1930 · Leo McCarey
The Island Closest to Heaven
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Zombi 2
Zombi 2
1979 · Lucio Fulci
Croc
Croc
2007 · Stewart Raffill
Tiara Tahiti
Tiara Tahiti
1962 · Ted Kotcheff
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His obsessive documentaries and films set in the Amazon and remote tropical landscapes explore humanity's relationship with paradise and primal nature.

 Terrence Malick USA

His lyrical, philosophical films like 'The New World' capture tropical settings as ethereal paradises while questioning civilization's impact on Eden-like environments.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His meditative films deeply embed tropical Thai landscapes and rural paradise as spiritual spaces where time, memory, and nature merge into transcendent experiences.