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medical condition

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Puzzle of Pain
Puzzle of Pain
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
50 First Dates
50 First Dates
2004 · Peter Segal
A Cry for Help
A Cry for Help
1912 · D.W. Griffith
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
1931 · John Ford
Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Nicholas Ray
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
1924 · Julien Duvivier
Daddy Nostalgia
Daddy Nostalgia
1990 · Bertrand Tavernier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore disease, mutation, and the grotesque transformation of the human body as a site of medical and psychological horror.

Darren Aronofsky → United States

He creates visceral, often hallucinatory explorations of mental illness, addiction, and physical deterioration through deeply subjective visual storytelling.

Lynne Ramsay → United Kingdom

Her films penetrate the inner worlds of damaged psyches, examining trauma, mental breakdown, and the fragmentation of consciousness with poetic intensity.

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