THEME EXPLORATION

identity and obsession

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Vertigo
Vertigo
1958 · Alfred Hitchcock
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In
2011 · Pedro Almodóvar
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Vertigo
Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
La Sirène du Mississippi
La Sirène du Mississippi
1969 · François Truffaut
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Una sull’altra
Una sull’altra
1969 · Lucio Fulci
The House of Yes
The House of Yes
1997 · Mark Waters
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher United States

His films obsessively explore fractured identities and psychological obsession through meticulous visual control, exemplified in *Fight Club*, *Gone Girl*, and *Zodiac*.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He delves into obsessive characters consumed by their pursuits and identities, creating visceral psychological journeys in *Black Swan*, *The Wrestler*, and *Requiem for a Dream*.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His austere, long-take cinema examines how obsession and trauma shape identity and relationships, particularly in *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* and *Graduation*.