THEME EXPLORATION

European decadence

12 films · 3 directors

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson

Landscape in the Mist

Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos

Poussières d’amour

Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Jon Watts

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012 · and Conrad Vernon & Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway

Bridge of Japan

Bridge of Japan
1956 · Kon Ichikawa

Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova

Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini

C’era una volta

C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi

Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference

Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
1988 · Mauro Bolognini

La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni

Les Cousins
1959 · Claude Chabrol

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Luchino Visconti Italy

His films like 'The Leopard' and 'Death in Venice' explore the moral and aesthetic decay of European aristocracy with operatic grandeur.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work dissects the corruption, excess, and psychological collapse of post-war European society through melodramatic intensity.

Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist critiques of European bourgeoisie and institutional decay reveal hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy with dark humor and provocation.