THEME EXPLORATION

existential crisis

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Le Diable probablement
Le Diable probablement
1977 · Robert Bresson
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Alan Rudolph
Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive
2021 · Kōta Yoshida
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Blade II
Blade II
2002 · Guillermo del Toro
Backrooms
Backrooms
2026 · Kane Parsons
Disclosure Day
Disclosure Day
2026 · Steven Spielberg
A Man and A Woman
A Man and A Woman
2026 · Guan Hu
Fuze
Fuze
2026 · David Mackenzie
My Father's Shadow
My Father's Shadow
2026 · Akinola Davies Jr.
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
Space/Time
Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Doctor Glas
Doctor Glas
1968 · Mai Zetterling
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman

Bergman excavates the human psyche through intimate close-ups and philosophical dialogue.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Through meditative, spiritually-charged cinema like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror', he probes questions of faith, purpose, and humanity's search for transcendence amid existential doubt.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

His fragmentary, self-reflexive films like 'Breathless' and 'Pierrot le Fou' deconstruct meaning and identity, confronting viewers with the absurdity and alienation of modern existence.