THEME EXPLORATION

psychiatric treatment

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète
1963 · Jean Rouch
The Ward
The Ward
2010 · John Carpenter
Gray’s Anatomy
Gray’s Anatomy
1996 · Steven Soderbergh
I Don't Understand You Anymore
I Don't Understand You Anymore
1980 · Sergio Corbucci
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Nick Park & Steve Box
God's Crooked Lines
God's Crooked Lines
2022 · Oriol Paulo
Credo
Credo
1997 · Susanne Bier
I Am
I Am
2009 · Igor Voloshin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia

His masterpiece 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' remains the definitive cinematic critique of psychiatric institutions and their dehumanizing control.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He explores psychological trauma and mental disintegration through visceral body horror in films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome.'

 Darren Aronofsky United States

His films 'Black Swan' and 'The Wrestler' intimately depict mental illness, obsession, and psychological breakdown with unflinching visual intensity.