THEME EXPLORATION

jealousy and desire

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Desire
Desire
2026 · Teresa Simone
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Fellini Satyricon
Fellini Satyricon
1969 · Federico Fellini
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
1962 · Sidney Lumet
Sada
Sada
1998 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Taboo
Taboo
1999 · Nagisa Oshima
A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash
2015 · Luca Guadagnino
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997 · Mira Nair
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Toy Story
Toy Story
1995 · John Lasseter
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Sick of Myself
Sick of Myself
2022 · Kristoffer Borgli
Angkinin Mo Ako
Angkinin Mo Ako
2026 · Topel Lee
Little Trouble Girls
Little Trouble Girls
2026 · Urška Djukić
Cocktail 2
Cocktail 2
2026 · Homi Adajania
Leviticus
Leviticus
2026 · Adrian Chiarella
Nothing Between Us
Nothing Between Us
2026 · Juan Taratuto
Super Charlie
Super Charlie
2026 · Jon Holmberg
The Devil's Bride
The Devil's Bride
2026 · Azhar Kinoi Lubis
Agostino
Agostino
1962 · Mauro Bolognini
Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath
1943 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Four Nights with Anna
Four Nights with Anna
2008 · Jerzy Skolimowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His films obsessively explore passionate desire and jealousy within complex emotional relationships, particularly in 'Live Flesh' and 'The Law of Desire.'

 François Truffaut France

He repeatedly examined romantic jealousy and obsessive desire across his filmography, most powerfully in 'Jules and Jim' and 'The Woman Next Door.'

 Michael Haneke Austria

His psychological thrillers dissect jealousy and destructive desire with clinical precision, as seen in 'Funny Games' and 'Hidden.'