THEME EXPLORATION

adolescent body image

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Take Me
Take Me
1969 · Stephen Dwoskin
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Body Snatch
Body Snatch
1998 · Anonymous Fixture
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Claire Denis
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Terrorizer
Terrorizer
1986 · Edward Yang
Saccharine
Saccharine
2026 · Natalie Erika James
Love on Trial
Love on Trial
2026 · Koji Fukada
Agostino
Agostino
1962 · Mauro Bolognini
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974 · Terence Fisher
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
The Experience
The Experience
1973 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Witches
The Witches
1990 · Nicolas Roeg
Un Chien andalou
Un Chien andalou
1929 · Luis Buñuel
Braindead
Braindead
1992 · Peter Jackson
Broken Voices
Broken Voices
2025 · Ondřej Provazník
Aenigma
Aenigma
1987 · Lucio Fulci
Duvar
Duvar
1983 · Yílmaz Güney
The Kingdom II
The Kingdom II
1997 · Lars von Trier
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
2009 · Tom Six
Tusk
Tusk
2014 · Kevin Smith
Dead Snow
Dead Snow
2009 · Tommy Wirkola
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Greta Gerwig USA

Her films like 'Lady Bird' and 'Barbie' intricately explore how adolescent girls navigate identity, self-perception, and societal expectations around their bodies and appearance.

 Céline Sciamma France

Films like 'Girlhood' and 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' sensitively depict how young women experience and reclaim their bodies within social and personal contexts.