THEME EXPLORATION

vacation gone wrong

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen
Holidays by the Sea
Holidays by the Sea
2011 · Pascal Rabaté
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Henry Selick
Don't Breathe
Don't Breathe
2016 · Fede Álvarez
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
Les Vacances de M. Hulot
Les Vacances de M. Hulot
1953 · Jacques Tati
Island of Terror
Island of Terror
1966 · Terence Fisher
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
1952 · Howard Hawks
The Exterminating Angel
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Luis Buñuel
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977 · Mai Zetterling
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1988 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ted Kotcheff Canada

His film 'Deliverance' exemplifies vacation catastrophe through a canoe trip that descends into survival horror and moral degradation.

 Danny Boyle United Kingdom

'The Beach' captures the dark underbelly of paradise-seeking tourism where an idyllic island vacation becomes a nightmare of violence and paranoia.

 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Spain

'A Perfect Vacation' (Intacto) and his other works explore how leisure and escape fantasies unravel into psychological and physical peril.