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THEME EXPLORATION

jealousy and paranoia

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
L’Enfer
L’Enfer
1994 · Claude Chabrol
Toy Story
Toy Story
1995 · John Lasseter
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
The Rough and the Smooth
The Rough and the Smooth
1959 · Robert Siodmak
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
In the Realm of the Senses
In the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Nagisa Oshima
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Through a Glass Darkly' dissect jealousy and psychological paranoia with devastating intimacy.

Alfred Hitchcock → United Kingdom

A master of suspense who exploits paranoia and jealousy as psychological driving forces in films like 'Vertigo' and 'Rear Window'.

Andrzej Żuławski → Poland

His visceral, intense films like 'Possession' weaponize jealousy and paranoia as expressions of emotional and existential breakdown.

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