THEME EXPLORATION

Edgar Allan Poe adaptation

30 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Raven
The Raven
2012 · James McTeigue
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023 · Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
The Croods
The Croods
2013 · Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Toy Story 5
Toy Story 5
2026 · Andrew Stanton
Second Life
Second Life
2026 · An Ching-hung
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
French Dressing
French Dressing
1963 · Ken Russell
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Bruce Beresford
Musik i mörker
Musik i mörker
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Ten Nights of Dreams
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa & Takashi Shimizu
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
2008 · Peter Jackson
Loveable
Loveable
2024 · Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
An Unfinished Story
An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
Flow
Flow
2024 · Gints Zilbalodis
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · Osgood Perkins
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roger Corman USA

Directed the most prolific series of Poe adaptations (1960-1964) including 'House of Wax' and 'The Tomb of Ligeia,' establishing the visual language for Gothic Poe cinema.

 James McTeigue Australia

Directed 'The Raven' (2012), a modern thriller that captures Poe's darkly obsessive atmosphere and explores the author's own psychological torment.