THEME EXPLORATION

alienation and displacement

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Green Fish
Green Fish
1997 · Lee Chang-dong
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
1983 · Andrei Tarkovsky
The Pitfall
The Pitfall
1962 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky
1990 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Fremont
Fremont
2023 · Babak Jalali
Monsoon
Monsoon
2019 · Hong Khaou
Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
2003 · Sofia Coppola
And His Ghost May Be Heard
And His Ghost May Be Heard
1973 · Richard Franklin
Downpour
Downpour
1972 · Bahram Beyzai
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1996 · Wong Kar-Wai
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
Blissfully Yours
Blissfully Yours
2002 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
What a Wonderful Place
What a Wonderful Place
2005 · Eyal Halfon
Yana's Friends
Yana's Friends
1999 · Arik Kaplun
Taipei Story
Taipei Story
1985 · Edward Yang
Calle Malaga
Calle Malaga
2026 · Maryam Touzani
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films like Stalker and Mirror explore spiritual displacement and humanity's struggle to find meaning in an indifferent universe.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His masterpieces L'avventura and La notte dissect urban alienation and the emotional disconnection between individuals in modern society.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture the loneliness and displacement of individuals caught between tradition and modernity in densely populated cities.