THEME EXPLORATION

wandering protagonist

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shrek
Shrek
2001 · Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Paul Greengrass
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 · Sam Taylor-Johnson
Tapage Nocturne
Tapage Nocturne
1979 · Catherine Breillat
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Hellboy
Hellboy
2004 · Guillermo del Toro
Rear Window
Rear Window
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
1928 · William Wyler
Au Bonheur des Dames
Au Bonheur des Dames
1930 · Julien Duvivier
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wim Wenders Germany

His films like 'Paris, Texas' and 'Wings of Desire' center on rootless protagonists searching for meaning across landscapes and borders.

 Agnès Varda France

'Vagabond' and 'Daguerréotypes' explore characters adrift in society, capturing the poetry of displacement and wandering lives.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His slow-cinema masterpieces feature solitary figures drifting through bleak, hypnotic worlds in 'Sátántangó' and 'Tourkish Coffee'.