THEME EXPLORATION

lost films

23 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry

Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song

Flesh and the Woman

Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak

The Sailor from Gibraltar

The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · Tony Richardson

Cuba Libre
1996 · Christian Petzold

Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames

Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames
2026 · Naoya Ando

Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress
2026 · Satoshi Kon

Death Day
1934 · Sergei Eisenstein

Eureka
1983 · Nicolas Roeg

Le Chanteur inconnu

Le Chanteur inconnu
1931 · Henri-Georges Clouzot

Les Amants criminels

Les Amants criminels
1999 · François Ozon

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty
1996 · Bernardo Bertolucci

Cinema of Tears

Cinema of Tears
1995 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Eternity and a Day

Eternity and a Day
1998 · Theodoros Angelopoulos

Legend of the Fox

Legend of the Fox
1980 · Chang Cheh

Kino-Pravda No. 12

Kino-Pravda No. 12
1922 · Dziga Vertov

The Sea and You

The Sea and You
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night
2018 · Bi Gan

2046
2004 · Wong Kar-Wai

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016 · Yuen Woo-Ping

Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon

Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon
2021 · Thomas Astruc

Bāhubali: The Epic

Bāhubali: The Epic
2025 · S. S. Rajamouli

Bungee Jumping of Their Own

Bungee Jumping of Their Own
2001 · Kim Dae-seung

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Guy Maddin Canada

His entire aesthetic recreates and reimagines lost silent film techniques, treating decay and incompleteness as essential to cinema's emotional power.

Agnès Varda France

She consistently engaged with archive footage, forgotten stories, and the recuperation of lost moments, treating cinema as an act of preservation against oblivion.