THEME EXPLORATION

medical skepticism

25 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
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
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
Distant Trumpet
Distant Trumpet
1952 · Terence Fisher
El faquir
El faquir
1947 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
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
Mindbender
Mindbender
1996 · Ken Russell
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
The Fight Against Cancer
The Fight Against Cancer
1947 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Lorenzo’s Oil
Lorenzo’s Oil
1992 · George Miller
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
I Am an ESP
I Am an ESP
1985 · Sergio Corbucci
Recovery
Recovery
1956 · Konrad Wolf
Puzzle of Pain
Puzzle of Pain
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
The Kingdom II
The Kingdom II
1997 · Lars von Trier
When the City Dies
When the City Dies
1969 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films systematically interrogate medical intervention, pharmaceutical corruption, and the unreliability of the human body as a knowable entity.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist works expose how medical systems fail vulnerable populations and interrogate institutional authority through personal medical crises.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

His films explore psychological medicine, addiction treatment, and the thin line between healing and harm, questioning medical certainty through subjective unreliable perspectives.