THEME EXPLORATION

modern alienation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films like 'L'Avventura' and 'Blow-Up' depict emotionally detached characters struggling to connect in urban landscapes, making alienation the central existential condition.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, slow-paced works explore spiritual emptiness and the protagonist's disconnection from society and meaning, particularly in 'Stalker' and 'Mirror'.

 Joe Lynch United States

His surrealist narratives expose the psychological alienation lurking beneath suburban American life, most powerfully in 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Eraserhead'.