THEME EXPLORATION

marital dynamics

40 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Florianópolis Dream
Florianópolis Dream
2018 · Ana Katz
100 Nights of Hero
100 Nights of Hero
2026 · Julia Jackman
A Wife’s Heart
A Wife’s Heart
1956 · Mikio Naruse
Bonchi
Bonchi
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Craig’s Wife
Craig’s Wife
1936 · Dorothy Arzner
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
La Belle Indifference
La Belle Indifference
2019 · Kıvanç Sezer
The Nina B. Affair
The Nina B. Affair
1961 · Robert Siodmak
Erotissimo
Erotissimo
1969 · Gérard Pirès
Gabrielle
Gabrielle
2005 · Patrice Chéreau
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing
2007 · Li Yu
The Marriage Circle
The Marriage Circle
1924 · Ernst Lubitsch
The Prisoner of Sex
The Prisoner of Sex
1978 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Together
Together
2021 · Stephen Daldry
Things Unspoken
Things Unspoken
2026 · Gabriele Muccino
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
The Club
The Club
2015 · Pablo Larraín
2020
2020
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
Utama
Utama
2022 · Alejandro Loayza Grisi
365 Days
365 Days
2020 · Barbara Białowąs
Lionheart
Lionheart
2018 · Genevieve Nnaji
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
Svatá Klára
Svatá Klára
1996 · Ari Folman & Ori Sivan
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
The Wedding Party
The Wedding Party
2016 · Kemi Adetiba
Undertow
Undertow
2009 · Javier Fuentes-León
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
May el-Toukhy Danmark

Explores forbidden desires and emotional ruptures within intimate relationships with unflinching psychological depth.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Krisha' dissect the psychological complexities and emotional turbulence of intimate relationships with unparalleled depth.

 Nick Cassavetes United States

His raw, improvisational approach in 'A Woman Under the Influence' and 'Husbands' captures the messy reality of marriage and domestic struggle with unflinching honesty.