THEME EXPLORATION

psychiatric hospital

19 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse!
1918 · Buster Keaton
Last Dance
Last Dance
1996 · Bruce Beresford
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
The House of Hanging
The House of Hanging
1979 · Kon Ichikawa
The Naked Kiss
The Naked Kiss
1964 · Samuel Fuller
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
1986 · Jean Rouch
Eyewitness
Eyewitness
1956 · Muriel Box
I Don't Understand You Anymore
I Don't Understand You Anymore
1980 · Sergio Corbucci
When the City Dies
When the City Dies
1969 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
1994 · Lars von Trier
Fragile
Fragile
2005 · Jaume Balagueró
God's Crooked Lines
God's Crooked Lines
2022 · Oriol Paulo
Credo
Credo
1997 · Susanne Bier
Doctor in Clover
Doctor in Clover
1966 · Ralph Thomas
Epitaph
Epitaph
2007 · Jung Bum-shik
I Am
I Am
2009 · Igor Voloshin
Haunted Changi
Haunted Changi
2010 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
The Negotiator
The Negotiator
2003 · Takashi Miike
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Miloš Forman Czech Republic

His masterpiece 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is the definitive cinematic exploration of institutional power dynamics and individual autonomy in psychiatric settings.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He explores the fragility of the mind and body in films like 'Spider' and 'A History of Violence,' using psychiatric and psychological breakdown as central narrative themes.