THEME EXPLORATION

perception and illusion

25 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Inception
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
Blue Propeller
Blue Propeller
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Accused
Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2026 · Ruben Fleischer
Blow-Up
Blow-Up
1966 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Ang Lee
Second Life
Second Life
2026 · An Ching-hung
Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot
Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot
2016 · Hong Sang-soo
Gothic
Gothic
1986 · Ken Russell
Kvinna utan ansikte
Kvinna utan ansikte
1947 · Ingmar Bergman
Les Doigts dans le ventre
Les Doigts dans le ventre
1988 · François Ozon
Out One: Spectre
Out One: Spectre
1972 · Jacques Rivette
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Truman Show
The Truman Show
1998 · Peter Weir
In the Dark
In the Dark
1996 · Peter Greenaway
The Last Trick
The Last Trick
1964 · Jan Švankmajer
An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
1978 · Shuji Terayama
Tiny Lights
Tiny Lights
2024 · Beata Parkanová
Perceptual Learning
Perceptual Learning
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
The Look of Others
The Look of Others
1980 · Fernando Solanas
Cosmos
Cosmos
2015 · Andrzej Żuławski
Father's Lion
Father's Lion
1952 · Jack Kinney
Sequence
Sequence
2013 · Carles Torrens
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His films dissolve the boundaries between dreams and reality, creating narratives where perception becomes unreliable and subjective experience dominates objective truth.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His anime masterpieces like Paprika and Perfect Blue systematically deconstruct the line between illusion and reality through innovative visual techniques and psychological storytelling.

 Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

His films consistently explore how characters and viewers misperceive reality through unreliable narration, non-linear editing, and themes of constructed illusions.