THEME EXPLORATION

guilt and paranoia

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Avenging Conscience
The Avenging Conscience
1914 · D.W. Griffith
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roman Polanski Poland

Polanski obsessively explores psychological paranoia and guilt in films like 'Repulsion' and 'The Tenant', where protagonists descend into mental fragmentation.

 Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

Hitchcock's masterful manipulation of suspense invariably centers on characters haunted by guilt and the paranoid fear of exposure, as seen in 'Vertigo' and 'Psycho'.