THEME EXPLORATION

existential ennui

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
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
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italian

Explores emotional emptiness and human disconnection through languorous pacing and enigmatic narratives.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, lengthy films such as 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore spiritual emptiness and humanity's search for meaning in an indifferent universe.