Sightlines · a concept

action image large form

situation → action → modified situation.

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

330 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 General1926Spies1928Hell's Angels1930King Kong1933A Night at the Opera1935Captain Blood1935The 39 Steps1935Alexander Nevsky1938Holiday1938The Adventures of Robin Hood1938Destry Rides Again1939Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Only Angels Have Wings1939Stagecoach1939The Grapes of Wrath1940The Thief of Bagdad1940High Sierra1941The Little Foxes1941Lifeboat1944To Have and Have Not1945Enamorada1946Great Expectations1946It's a Wonderful Life1946My Darling Clementine1946Odd Man Out1947Fort Apache1948Key Largo1948Oliver Twist1948Red River1948The Naked City1948La Terra Trema1949The Heiress1949The Breaking Point1950The Gunfighter1950Wagon Master1950High Noon1952The African Queen1952Shane1953The Wages of Fear1953The War of the Worlds1953Godzilla1954On the Waterfront1954Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955Forbidden Planet1956The Killing1956The Searchers1956The Bridge on the River Kwai1957Cairo Station1958The Hidden Fortress1958Ben-Hur1959North by Northwest1959Rio Bravo1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Knights of the Teutonic Order1960Spartacus1960The Magnificent Seven1960El Cid1961One-Eyed Jacks1961Lawrence of Arabia1962Sanjuro1962The Longest Day1962Lord of the Flies1963The Great Escape1963This Sporting Life1963A Fistful of Dollars1964Doctor Zhivago1965For a Few Dollars More1965The Flight of the Phoenix1965Once Upon a Time in the West1968The Wild Bunch1969Patton1970Dirty Harry1971Duel1971The Godfather1972Enter the Dragon1973One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975Midway1976Rocky1976A Bridge Too Far1977Jabberwocky1977Star Wars1977The 36th Chamber of Shaolin1978The Deer Hunter1978The Driver1978Watership Down1978Scum1979The Black Stallion1979Raging Bull1980The Blues Brothers1980The Empire Strikes Back1980The Long Good Friday1980Escape from New York1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Thief1981Fitzcarraldo1982Gandhi1982The Verdict1982Tootsie1982Local Hero1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983The Right Stuff1983Macross: Do You Remember Love?1984The Terminator1984Silverado1985Tampopo1985The Color Purple1985A Better Tomorrow1986Aliens1986The Mission1986Lethal Weapon1987The Untouchables1987Wall Street1987Hairspray1988Mississippi Burning1988Dead Poets Society1989The Abyss1989Dances with Wolves1990Nikita1990Boyz n the Hood1991Once Upon a Time in China1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991A Few Good Men1992Hard Boiled1992One False Move1992The Last of the Mohicans1992Carlito's Way1993The Nightmare Before Christmas1993Clear and Present Danger1994The Mask1994The Shawshank Redemption1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995Crimson Tide1995Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995Heat1995Outbreak1995The Blade1995Toy Story1995Independence Day1996The Rock1996Four Days in September1997Princess Mononoke1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Titanic1997A Bug's Life1998Central Station1998The Proposition1998Girl, Interrupted1999October Sky1999Gladiator2000Love & Basketball2000Thirteen Days2000Blow2001Enemy at the Gates2001Ocean's Eleven2001Training Day20018 Mile2002Minority Report2002Rabbit-Proof Fence2002Spider-Man2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002We Were Soldiers2002Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003Mystic River2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003The Last Samurai2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003The Matrix Revolutions2003Zatoichi2003I, Robot2004Million Dollar Baby2004The Chorus2004A History of Violence2005Batman Begins2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005Hustle & Flow2005Walk the Line2005Apocalypto2006Casino Royale20063:10 to Yuma2007Shooter2007Sunshine2007Transformers2007Body of Lies2008Che: Part Two2008Ip Man2008Iron Man2008Mesrine: Killer Instinct2008Quantum of Solace2008The Baader Meinhof Complex2008The Dark Knight2008Twilight200820122009A Prophet2009Avatar2009Fantastic Mr. Fox2009Star Trek2009The Secret of Kells200913 Assassins2010Alice in Wonderland2010Carlos2010TRON: Legacy2010The Man from Nowhere2010True Grit2010From Up on Poppy Hill2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011Headhunters2011Real Steel2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011The Adventures of Tintin2011Warrior2011Argo2012Moonrise Kingdom2012Pitch Perfect2012Playing for Keeps2012Safe House2012The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Hunger Games2012The Raid2012Captain Phillips2013Elysium2013Lone Survivor2013Man of Steel2013Pacific Rim2013Snowpiercer2013The Attorney2013The Conjuring2013The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013A Most Violent Year2014As Above, So Below2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Divergent2014Fury2014Guardians of the Galaxy2014The Amazing Spider-Man 22014The Equalizer2014The Imitation Game2014X-Men: Days of Future Past2014Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Bridge of Spies2015Creed2015Dheepan2015Far from the Madding Crowd2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Mad Max: Fury Road201513 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016Doctor Strange2016Hell or High Water2016Me Before You2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016Beauty and the Beast2017It2017Okja2017The Greatest Showman2017The Post2017The Shape of Water2017War for the Planet of the Apes2017Bohemian Rhapsody2018Isle of Dogs2018Mandy2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018The Resistance Banker201819172019Avengers: Endgame2019Bacurau2019Five Feet Apart2019Ford v Ferrari2019It Chapter Two2019The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019The Outpost2020The Trial of the Chicago 72020A Quiet Place Part II2021Black Widow2021Cruella2021Fear Street: 19782021Jujutsu Kaisen 02021Nobody2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It2021Athena2022Avatar: The Way of Water2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022Don't Worry Darling2022Kantara2022Suzume2022Thirteen Lives2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Where the Crawdads Sing2022Godzilla Minus One2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023No Hard Feelings2023Red, White & Royal Blue2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Wonka2023Challengers2024Deadpool & Wolverine2024Flow2024Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024Gladiator II2024Inside Out 22024The Count of Monte Cristo2024The Order2024The Seed of the Sacred Fig2024Transformers One2024Twisters2024A Minecraft Movie2025Avatar: Fire and Ash2025Captain America: Brave New World2025Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle2025Dracula2025F12025How to Train Your Dragon2025Jurassic World Rebirth2025KPop Demon Hunters2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025Citizen Vigilante2026Disclosure Day2026Michael2026Minions & Monsters2026The Devil Wears Prada 22026The Furious2026The Odyssey2026