THEME EXPLORATION

identity and selfhood

38 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
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
My Dearest Señorita
My Dearest Señorita
2026 · Fernando González Molina
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
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
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
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 Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
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
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sarah Polley

Polley excavates personal and collective memory through formally inventive, emotionally unflinching hybrid narratives.

 David Lynch USA

His surrealist films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead dissolve the boundaries between reality and identity, exploring fractured selves and psychological fragmentation.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like In the Mood for Love probe identity through desire, memory, and the masks people wear in urban isolation and romantic encounters.