THEME EXPLORATION

chaos and mischief

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Le Savant et le chimpanze
Le Savant et le chimpanze
1900 · Georges Méliès
Prest-o Change-o
Prest-o Change-o
1939 · Chuck Jones
Animal House
Animal House
1978 · John Landis
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
1988 · Pedro Almodóvar
Paprika
Paprika
2006 · Satoshi Kon
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Athiradi
Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan
Everyone's In It
Everyone's In It
2026 · Shamikh Gazali
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Minions & Monsters
Minions & Monsters
2026 · Pierre Coffin
Prova d’orchestra
Prova d’orchestra
1979 · Federico Fellini
The Trouble With Angels
The Trouble With Angels
1966 · Ida Lupino
The Wedding Suit
The Wedding Suit
1976 · Abbas Kiarostami
Two Deaths
Two Deaths
1995 · Nicolas Roeg
The Five Days of Milan
The Five Days of Milan
1973 · Dario Argento
Daisies (film)|Daisies
Daisies (film)|Daisies
1966 · Jennifer West
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
Cat vs. Rat
Cat vs. Rat
1982 · Kar-leung Lau
El Topo
El Topo
1970 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005 · Adam Shankman
Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit
2018 · Will Gluck
The Sadness
The Sadness
2021 · Rob Jabbaz
Calcutta
Calcutta
1969 · Louis Malle
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terry Gilliam United States/United Kingdom

His surrealist films like Brazil and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas depict worlds consumed by bureaucratic chaos and anarchic mischief.

 David Lynch United States

He masterfully weaves psychological chaos and mysterious mischief throughout narratives like Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, destabilizing reality itself.

 Guy Ritchie United Kingdom

His kinetic films like Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels celebrate criminal mischief and narrative chaos through rapid-fire storytelling.