THEME EXPLORATION

commitment anxiety

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Superbad
Superbad
2007 · Greg Mottola
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Modern Romance
Modern Romance
1981 · Albert Brooks
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim
1962 · François Truffaut
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
Pelo Malo
Pelo Malo
2013 · Mariana Rondón
The Plague
The Plague
2026 · Charlie Polinger
Sato and Sato
Sato and Sato
2026 · Chihiro Amano
Tomorrow I'll Be Brave
Tomorrow I'll Be Brave
2026 · Bernd Sahling
Unexpected Courage
Unexpected Courage
2026 · Shawn Yu
Ask
Ask
1986 · Derek Jarman
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Windows
Windows
1974 · Peter Greenaway
53 Wars
53 Wars
2018 · Ewa Bukowska
Breathing into Marble
Breathing into Marble
2018 · Giedrė Beinoriūtė
La Belle Indifference
La Belle Indifference
2019 · Kıvanç Sezer
Miriam Lies
Miriam Lies
2018 · Natalia Cabral & Oriol Estrada
Arkadas
Arkadas
1974 · Yílmaz Güney
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Blood on Wolf Mountain
1936 · Fei Mu
Fear and Horror
Fear and Horror
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
The Wedding Day
The Wedding Day
1960 · Mrinal Sen
The Last Kiss
The Last Kiss
2001 · Gabriele Muccino
A Guy and a Gal
A Guy and a Gal
1975 · Lasse Hallström
Beauty from Pain
Beauty from Pain
2025 · Christine Luby
Elippathayam
Elippathayam
1982 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Long Story Short
Long Story Short
2015 · May el-Toukhy
New Normal
New Normal
2023 · Jung Bum-shik
Parents in Progress
Parents in Progress
2019 · Laura Chiossone
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
2013 · Donovan Marsh
Sticky
Sticky
2025 · Bobby Bonifacio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Richard Linklater USA

His Before trilogy and Waking Life obsessively examine the anxieties of deepening emotional commitment and the fear of losing freedom within relationships.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films like In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express portray characters paralyzed by the fear of commitment, using visual beauty to express emotional hesitation.

 Charlie Kaufman USA

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York dissect the terror of intimate commitment and the desire to escape relational vulnerability.