THEME EXPLORATION

misunderstanding and deception

32 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Late Spring
Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
The Departed
The Departed
2006 · Martin Scorsese
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
1987 · Nils Gaup
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate
2007 · Olivier Assayas
Angkinin Mo Ako
Angkinin Mo Ako
2026 · Topel Lee
Man on the Edge
Man on the Edge
2026 · Sam Wong Ming-Sing
Omaha
Omaha
2026 · Cole Webley
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2026 · Ruben Fleischer
Mexico 86
Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein
Pati Patni Aur Woh Do
Pati Patni Aur Woh Do
2026 · Mudassar Aziz
Sátántangó
Sátántangó
1994 · Béla Tarr
Patriot
Patriot
2026 · Mahesh Narayanan
Solomamma
Solomamma
2026 · Janicke Askevold
Vertigo
Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
2026 · Luciano Montes de Oca
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

Hitchcock masterfully constructs narratives where audiences and characters are deliberately misled through unreliable perspectives and visual deception.

 David Fincher United States

Fincher systematically deconstructs truth and certainty, revealing how perception can be manipulated and how deception operates at psychological and institutional levels.