THEME EXPLORATION

failed shows

16 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Miracle of Flight
Miracle of Flight
1974 · Terry Gilliam
The End of the Day
The End of the Day
1939 · Julien Duvivier
The Gypsy Moths
The Gypsy Moths
1969 · John Frankenheimer
Una confusión cotidiana
Una confusión cotidiana
1950 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · Roberto Gavaldón
Stolen Desire
Stolen Desire
1958 · Shohei Imamura
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 · Joel Coen
After the Storm
After the Storm
2016 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Action
Action
1980 · Tinto Brass
Sunset in My Hometown
Sunset in My Hometown
2018 · Lee Joon-ik
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films obsessively explore personal and professional collapse, featuring characters whose ambitions and performances consistently crumble under social pressure and internal conflict.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He specializes in depicting the psychological unraveling of protagonists pursuing perfectionist goals, with *Black Swan* and *The Wrestler* being prime explorations of failed performances and artistic deterioration.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His neorealist cinema documents systemic failures and the collapse of ordinary people's hopes and plans, treating failed attempts and broken dreams with compassionate realism.