THEME EXPLORATION

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38 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Identificazione di una donna
Identificazione di una donna
1982 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2013 · Baz Luhrmann
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
1992 · Mick Jackson
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
L’Enfant de l’hiver
L’Enfant de l’hiver
1989 · Olivier Assayas
Saccharine
Saccharine
2026 · Natalie Erika James
Ugly Story
Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop
Accidentally
Accidentally
1968 · John Woo
Ajantrik
Ajantrik
1958 · Ritwik Ghatak
Four Nights with Anna
Four Nights with Anna
2008 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Four Sided Triangle
Four Sided Triangle
1953 · Terence Fisher
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
Life and Nothing More…/…And Life Goes On
1992 · Abbas Kiarostami
That Obscure Object of Desire
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977 · Luis Buñuel
Sada
Sada
1998 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Search
The Search
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945 · Robert Siodmak
A Walk Through H
A Walk Through H
1978 · Peter Greenaway
Dear Ones
Dear Ones
2021 · Grzegorz Jaroszuk
Caught
Caught
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
Cinema of Tears
Cinema of Tears
1995 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
2004 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Neil Jordan
Eros, the God of Love
Eros, the God of Love
1981 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Jauja
Jauja
2014 · Lisandro Alonso
Misbegotten
Misbegotten
1998 · Mark L. Lester
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker
2023 · Nathan Crooker
Scarlet Innocence
Scarlet Innocence
2014 · Yim Pil-sung
Take Off
Take Off
2009 · Kim Yong-hwa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His films obsessively explore the psychology of pursuit, guilt, and the relentless fixation of both criminals and investigators.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

His work viscerally portrays obsessive characters consumed by their quests, from mathematical patterns to artistic perfection to substance addiction.

 David Fincher United States

He repeatedly depicts methodical protagonists driven by obsessive investigation and the dangerous consequences of their all-consuming pursuits.