THEME EXPLORATION

male escapism

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Walking
Walking
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Lynch United States

His surrealist narratives explore how men retreat into psychological fantasy worlds to escape reality's darkness and their own complicity.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films depict male characters lost in romantic reverie and nostalgia as a means to avoid confronting emotional vulnerability and social failure.

 Terrence Malick United States

His philosophical works show men seeking refuge in nature, memory, and existential contemplation to evade the constraints of modern masculine identity.