THEME EXPLORATION

identity and alienation

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Al di là delle nuvole
Al di là delle nuvole
1995 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Easy Rider
Easy Rider
1969 · Dennis Hopper
La caméra de Claire
La caméra de Claire
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Monsoon
Monsoon
2019 · Hong Khaou
Kanał
Kanał
1956 · Richard Groschopp
Rude to Love
Rude to Love
2024 · Yukihiro Morigaki
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
El Justicero
El Justicero
1967 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Downpour
Downpour
1972 · Bahram Beyzai
My Dearest Señorita
My Dearest Señorita
2026 · Fernando González Molina
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Mira Nair
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films dissect modern alienation through detached visual style and characters struggling to connect in contemporary urban landscapes.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

He explores identity and spiritual alienation through introspective, philosophical narratives that question human purpose and isolation.

 David Lynch United States

His surreal, fragmented storytelling reveals the fractured nature of identity and the alienation lurking beneath suburban American surfaces.