THEME EXPLORATION

identity and self-doubt

32 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
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Martin Scorsese
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
The Little Sister
The Little Sister
2026 · Hafsia Herzi
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden
1994 · Roman Polanski
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Partner
Partner
1968 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Nun’s Story
The Nun’s Story
1959 · Fred Zinnemann
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
My Dearest Señorita
My Dearest Señorita
2026 · Fernando González Molina
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Ida
Ida
2013 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'Persona' and 'The Seventh Seal' dissect identity fragmentation and existential uncertainty through psychologically intense character studies.

 David Fincher USA

Works such as 'Fight Club' and 'Gone Girl' explore fractured identities, self-deception, and the unreliability of perception with psychological precision.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His films 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika' blur reality and fantasy to examine identity dissolution and psychological instability in visually inventive ways.