THEME EXPLORATION

mental decline

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
Persona
Persona
1966 · Ingmar Bergman
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Reprise
Reprise
2006 · Joachim Trier
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Being Towards Death
Being Towards Death
2026 · Chen Sicheng
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Sátántangó
Sátántangó
1994 · Béla Tarr
The Last Viking
The Last Viking
2025 · Anders Thomas Jensen
The Smashing Machine
The Smashing Machine
2026 · Benny Safdie
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
Amorosa
Amorosa
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Cute Devil
Cute Devil
1982 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
The Crowded Train
The Crowded Train
1957 · Kon Ichikawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His fragmented narratives and dreamlike cinematography explore fractured consciousness and psychological disintegration, most powerfully in Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Amour stands as his masterwork on mental and physical deterioration, depicting Alzheimer's disease with unflinching precision and emotional devastation.