THEME EXPLORATION

male midlife crisis

36 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Alan Rudolph
Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 · Renny Harlin
Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive
2021 · Kōta Yoshida
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
Anatomy of Hell
Anatomy of Hell
2004 · Catherine Breillat
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Agito: Superpower War
Agito: Superpower War
2026 · Ryuta Tasaki
Fuze
Fuze
2026 · David Mackenzie
My Father's Shadow
My Father's Shadow
2026 · Akinola Davies Jr.
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
The Drama
The Drama
2026 · Kristoffer Borgli
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
Flint
Flint
2017 · Bruce Beresford
Identificazione di una donna
Identificazione di una donna
1982 · Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Mike Nichols United States

His films like 'The Graduate' and 'Carnal Knowledge' pioneer the exploration of male anxiety, desire, and existential uncertainty during middle age.

 François Truffaut France

His 'Antoine Doinel' series intimately chronicles masculine identity crises across decades, culminating in deeply introspective midlife reflections.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'After the Storm' and 'Shoplifters' delicately examine the regrets, failed dreams, and quiet desperation of aging men confronting their mortality.