THEME EXPLORATION

obsession and fantasy

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Red Rooms
Red Rooms
2023 · Pascal Plante
Bula
Bula
2022 · Bobby Bonifacio
Overlord: The Undead King
Overlord: The Undead King
2017 · Naoyuki Ito
The Chambermaid on the Titanic
The Chambermaid on the Titanic
1997 · Bigas Luna
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984 · Ivan Reitman
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In
2011 · Pedro Almodóvar
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950 · Anthony Mann
Ugly Story
Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop
Vertigo
Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His dreamlike narratives blur reality and obsession, exploring psychological descent into fantasy worlds where desire and delusion become indistinguishable.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He obsessively documents characters consumed by their fantasies and compulsions, using visceral cinematography to immerse viewers in deteriorating psychological states.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films capture obsessive emotional entanglements and the fantasy of perfect connections, exploring how characters become trapped in their own constructed realities.