THEME EXPLORATION

imagination versus reality

32 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
Blue Propeller
Blue Propeller
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Shrek Forever After
Shrek Forever After
2010 · Mike Mitchell
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep
2006 · Michel Gondry
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Altered States
Altered States
1980 · Ken Russell
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Little Crusader
Little Crusader
2017 · Václav Kadrnka
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
The World
The World
2004 · Jia Zhangke & Wang Xiaoshuai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guillermo del Toro Mexico

He seamlessly blends magical imagination with harsh reality, using fantasy as a lens to explore political and personal truths in films like Pan's Labyrinth.

 David Lynch United States

His surrealist masterpieces deliberately dissolve the line between waking consciousness and dream logic, forcing viewers to question narrative reality.