THEME EXPLORATION

documentary versus fiction

33 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Terry Gilliam
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
Elmer’s Candid Camera
Elmer’s Candid Camera
1940 · Chuck Jones
Ice Twisters
Ice Twisters
2009 · Steven R. Monroe
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
Action et Réaction
Action et Réaction
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Morris United States

His films blur documentary and narrative through subjective storytelling, questioning how truth is constructed and presented in both mediums.

 Werner Herzog Germany

He deliberately blends documentary facts with fictional elements and philosophical narratives, arguing that emotional truth transcends the documentary-fiction divide.

 Agnès Varda France

Her work consistently questions the boundary between observational documentary and poetic fiction, creating hybrid forms that explore memory and subjective reality.