THEME EXPLORATION

burnout and moral exhaustion

44 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
2015 · László Nemes
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Rolling
Rolling
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
1999 · Ralph Thomas
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Terrorizer
Terrorizer
1986 · Edward Yang
7 Dogs
7 Dogs
2026 · Adil El Arbi
Blast
Blast
2026 · Subash K Raj
Dridam
Dridam
2026 · Martin Joseph
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Tarkovsky's meditative films like Stalker and The Mirror examine existential fatigue, loss of faith, and the spiritual depletion of modern consciousness.

 Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey

Ceylan's slow cinema masterpieces dissect psychological exhaustion, failed relationships, and the moral ambiguity that erodes human connection.