THEME EXPLORATION

industrial music

26 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
1995 · Joe Pytka & John Landis
Australian Made
Australian Made
1987 · Richard Lowenstein
ABBA: The Definitive Collection
ABBA: The Definitive Collection
2002 · Lasse Hallström
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
1994 · Spike Jonze
D.A.F.T.
D.A.F.T.
1999 · Michel Gondry & Spike Jonze
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
Nina
Nina
1978 · Alan Clarke
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Mikio Naruse
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
1983 · Peter Greenaway
El Gran Gato
El Gran Gato
2003 · Ventura Pons
The Music According to Tom Jobim
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
AC/DC: Family Jewels
AC/DC: Family Jewels
2005 · Russell Mulcahy
It's All Gone Pete Tong
It's All Gone Pete Tong
2004 · Michael Dowse
Garage Days
Garage Days
2002 · Alex Proyas
Rammstein: Paris
Rammstein: Paris
2017 · Jonas Åkerlund
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
I'm Still Breathing
I'm Still Breathing
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 · Edgar Wright
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
2026
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Concerto per Michelangelo
Concerto per Michelangelo
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Follow the Star
Follow the Star
1978 · John Woo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His films and TV work obsessively explore the mechanical underbelly of modern life, pairing dystopian industrial imagery with unsettling soundscapes that evoke the genre's harsh aesthetics.

 Gaspar Noé France

He employs aggressive industrial-adjacent sound design and visual brutalism to immerse viewers in visceral, dystopian environments that mirror industrial music's confrontational approach.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films merge organic and mechanical imagery while using discordant, industrial-influenced soundtracks to create a uniquely unsettling fusion of flesh and machine.