THEME EXPLORATION

existential isolation

42 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
A Man and A Woman
A Man and A Woman
2026 · Guan Hu
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
The Convenience Store
The Convenience Store
2026 · Jirô Nagae
The Consequences of Love
The Consequences of Love
2004 · Paolo Sorrentino
Pátio
Pátio
1959 · Glauber Rocha
Dennis Fischer, Horror Film Directors, - , McFarland & Company
Dennis Fischer, Horror Film Directors, - , McFarland & Company
1931 · John Carpenter
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Hideaki Anno & Katsuichi Nakayama & Kazuya Tsurumaki & Mahiro Maeda
Windows
Windows
1974 · Peter Greenaway
Siberia
Siberia
2020 · Abel Ferrara
The Shrinking Man
The Shrinking Man
2025 · Jan Kounen
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
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
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
2020
2020
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2012 · Ang Lee
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey · Istanbul

Architectural patience extracting profound silence from ordinary human suffering and landscape.

 Kazuya Tsurumaki Japan

Deconstructive animator who fragments narrative and psyche through radical formal innovation.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like *The Seventh Seal* and *Persona* penetrate the psychological abyss of human isolation and the search for meaning in an indifferent universe.