MOOD EXPLORATION

grief and loneliness

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS FOR THIS FEELING
warmest matches first
Amour
Amour
2012 · Michael Haneke
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
Julieta
Julieta
2016 · Pedro Almodóvar
Clean
Clean
2004 · Olivier Assayas
A Doll’s House
A Doll’s House
1973 · Joseph Losey
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
All of Myself
All of Myself
1954 · Kon Ichikawa
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
1970 · J. Lee Thompson
En Passion
En Passion
1969 · Ingmar Bergman
Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris
1972 · Bernardo Bertolucci
L’amore (Roberto Rossellini, –48) two-part film, first part an adaptation of Cocteau’s monologue La voix humaine
L’amore (Roberto Rossellini, –48) two-part film, first part an adaptation of Cocteau’s monologue La voix humaine
1947 · Jean Cocteau
Vincent and Theo
Vincent and Theo
1990 · Robert Altman
Coming Home
Coming Home
2014 · Zhang Yimou
Ignasi M.
Ignasi M.
2013 · Ventura Pons
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
47) Palme d’Or for Best Film for Taste of Cherry at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival, France
47) Palme d’Or for Best Film for Taste of Cherry at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival, France
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
The Killer
The Killer
1989 · John Woo
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
In Bloom
In Bloom
2013 · Nana Ekvtimishvili
Last Night
Last Night
1998 · David Cronenberg
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1988 · Nils Gaup
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
The Last Stage
The Last Stage
1948 · Wanda Jakubowska
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2026 · Juan Jose Meza-Leon
DIRECTORS FOR THIS FEELING
Andrew Haigh UK · Harrogate

Silence becomes language—letting unspoken longing accumulate into unbearable emotional weight.

 Edward Yang Trung Quốc · Thượng Hải

Surgical excavation of emotional distance through extended conversation and deliberate narrative restraint.

 Kenneth Lonergan USA

Excavates ordinary human suffering through intimate character study and emotional authenticity.