Sightlines · a concept

action image large form

situation → action → modified situation.

On screen: a global situation presses until a decisive act transforms it.

200 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary

Deleuze’s own examples

DSeven Samurai1954

Across the collection

The Birth of a Nation1915Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916Nanook of the North1922The General1926Spies1928The 39 Steps1935Alexander Nevsky1938Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Stagecoach1939The Grapes of Wrath1940The Little Foxes1941To Have and Have Not1945My Darling Clementine1946Fort Apache1948Key Largo1948Red River1948The Naked City1948La Terra Trema1949High Noon1952The African Queen1952Shane1953The Wages of Fear1953On the Waterfront1954Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Killing1956The Searchers1956The Bridge on the River Kwai1957The Hidden Fortress1958Ben-Hur1959North by Northwest1959Rio Bravo1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Spartacus1960The Magnificent Seven1960Lawrence of Arabia1962Sanjuro1962The Longest Day1962The Great Escape1963This Sporting Life1963A Fistful of Dollars1964Doctor Zhivago1965For a Few Dollars More1965Once Upon a Time in the West1968The Wild Bunch1969Patton1970Dirty Harry1971Duel1971The Godfather1972Enter the Dragon1973One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975Midway1976Rocky1976A Bridge Too Far1977Star Wars1977The Deer Hunter1978The Driver1978Raging Bull1980The Blues Brothers1980The Empire Strikes Back1980The Long Good Friday1980Escape from New York1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Thief1981Fitzcarraldo1982Gandhi1982The Verdict1982The Right Stuff1983The Terminator1984Tampopo1985The Color Purple1985A Better Tomorrow1986Aliens1986The Mission1986Lethal Weapon1987The Untouchables1987Wall Street1987Mississippi Burning1988Dead Poets Society1989The Abyss1989Dances with Wolves1990Nikita1990Boyz n the Hood1991Once Upon a Time in China1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991A Few Good Men1992Hard Boiled1992The Last of the Mohicans1992Carlito's Way1993Clear and Present Danger1994The Shawshank Redemption1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995Crimson Tide1995Heat1995Outbreak1995Toy Story1995Independence Day1996Four Days in September1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Titanic1997A Bug's Life1998Central Station1998The Proposition1998October Sky1999Gladiator2000Thirteen Days2000Blow2001Enemy at the Gates2001Ocean's Eleven2001Training Day20018 Mile2002Minority Report2002Rabbit-Proof Fence2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002We Were Soldiers2002Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003Mystic River2003The Last Samurai2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003The Matrix Revolutions2003Zatoichi2003I, Robot2004Million Dollar Baby2004A History of Violence2005Batman Begins2005Hustle & Flow2005Walk the Line2005Apocalypto2006Casino Royale20063:10 to Yuma2007Shooter2007Body of Lies2008Ip Man2008Iron Man2008Mesrine: Killer Instinct2008Quantum of Solace2008The Baader Meinhof Complex2008The Dark Knight200820122009A Prophet2009Avatar2009Star Trek200913 Assassins2010Carlos2010The Man from Nowhere2010True Grit2010Headhunters2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011The Adventures of Tintin2011Warrior2011Argo2012Playing for Keeps2012Safe House2012The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Hunger Games2012The Raid2012Captain Phillips2013Elysium2013Lone Survivor2013Man of Steel2013Pacific Rim2013Snowpiercer2013The Attorney2013A Most Violent Year2014Fury2014The Equalizer2014The Imitation Game2014Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Bridge of Spies2015Creed2015Far from the Madding Crowd2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Mad Max: Fury Road201513 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016Hell or High Water2016The Post2017Bohemian Rhapsody2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018The Resistance Banker201819172019Avengers: Endgame2019Ford v Ferrari2019The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019The Outpost2020The Trial of the Chicago 72020A Quiet Place Part II2021Nobody2021Athena2022Thirteen Lives2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Godzilla Minus One2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023The Order2024The Seed of the Sacred Fig2024Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025Disclosure Day2026