THEME EXPLORATION

desire and danger

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Angkinin Mo Ako
Angkinin Mo Ako
2026 · Topel Lee
Desire
Desire
2026 · Teresa Simone
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
Dracula
Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude
Don't Leave the Kids Alone
Don't Leave the Kids Alone
2026 · Emilio Portes
Fuze
Fuze
2026 · David Mackenzie
Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
2026 · Hardik Gajjar
Leviticus
Leviticus
2026 · Adrian Chiarella
Labyrinth of Lost Boys
Labyrinth of Lost Boys
2026 · Matheus Marchetti
The Devil's Bride
The Devil's Bride
2026 · Azhar Kinoi Lubis
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
2026 · Jimmy Stone
Al di là delle nuvole
Al di là delle nuvole
1995 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Before the Revolution
Before the Revolution
1964 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath
1943 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Four Nights with Anna
Four Nights with Anna
2008 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
1953 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore how physical desire becomes grotesque and dangerous, blurring the line between attraction and revulsion.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

He examines passionate desire and its destructive consequences through melodrama, where love and longing inevitably collide with danger and emotional violence.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like 'Incendies' and 'Sicario' tension desire—whether for justice, love, or power—against the harrowing dangers that pursuing it unleashes.