THEME EXPLORATION

desperate search

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Angel
Angel
2007 · François Ozon
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
1992 · Abbas Kiarostami
Identificazione di una donna
Identificazione di una donna
1982 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Search
The Search
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Being Human
Being Human
1993 · Bill Forsyth
Dear Ones
Dear Ones
2021 · Grzegorz Jaroszuk
The Hours
The Hours
2002 · Stephen Daldry
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
2004 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Neil Jordan
Crimson Gold
Crimson Gold
2003 · Jafar Panahi
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999 · Kari Skogland
Eros, the God of Love
Eros, the God of Love
1981 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Jauja
Jauja
2014 · Lisandro Alonso
Punjab 1984
Punjab 1984
2014 · Anurag Singh
Take Off
Take Off
2009 · Kim Yong-hwa
The Black Balloon
The Black Balloon
2012 · Josh Safdie
The Golden Sword
The Golden Sword
1969 · Lo Wei
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky United States

His films obsessively depict protagonists in psychological freefall, clawing desperately against madness and addiction.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative epics portray characters spiritually adrift, searching desperately for meaning and redemption across desolate landscapes.

 Gaspar Noé France

His provocative cinema explores desperate human yearning and suffering with unflinching intensity and formal innovation.