THEME EXPLORATION

medical experimentation

25 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Altered States
Altered States
1980 · Ken Russell
Spider
Spider
2002 · David Cronenberg
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
50 First Dates
50 First Dates
2004 · Peter Segal
240 Hours in One Day
240 Hours in One Day
1970 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
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
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
1924 · Julien Duvivier
Fly By Night
Fly By Night
1942 · Robert Siodmak
From Riches to Rags
From Riches to Rags
1980 · John Woo
L’Enfant sauvage
L’Enfant sauvage
1970 · François Truffaut
Hulk
Hulk
2003 · Ang Lee
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
Seances
Seances
2016 · Guy Maddin
The Fight Against Cancer
The Fight Against Cancer
1947 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Lorenzo’s Oil
Lorenzo’s Oil
1992 · George Miller
The Cat O’ Nine Tails
The Cat O’ Nine Tails
1971 · Dario Argento
Intensive Life Unit
Intensive Life Unit
2021 · Adéla Komrzý
El rebozo de Soledad/Soledad’s Shawl
El rebozo de Soledad/Soledad’s Shawl
1952 · Roberto Gavaldón
Recovery
Recovery
1956 · Konrad Wolf
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
1994 · Lars von Trier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' obsessively explore the violation and transformation of human flesh through invasive experimentation.

 Hideaki Anno Japan

His anime masterpiece 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' deeply interrogates the psychological and physical trauma inflicted on child test subjects in a military-scientific experiment.