THEME EXPLORATION

psychological unraveling

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang

Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Les Diaboliques

Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro

The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook

Tropical Malady

Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák

Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski

The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz

Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel

A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg

Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam

Julieta
2016 · Pedro Almodóvar

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion
1995 · —

Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon

Affection
2026 · BT Meza

Backrooms
2026 · Kane Parsons

Désordre
1986 · Olivier Assayas

Putin
2026 · Patryk Vega

Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop

Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis

The Devil's Bride

The Devil's Bride
2026 · Azhar Kinoi Lubis

Ansikte mot ansikte

Ansikte mot ansikte
1976 · Ingmar Bergman

Accidentally
1968 · John Woo

Belle de jour
1967 · Luis Buñuel

Fearless
1993 · Peter Weir

Four Nights with Anna

Four Nights with Anna
2008 · Jerzy Skolimowski

Il Mistero di Oberwald

Il Mistero di Oberwald
1980 · Michelangelo Antonioni

La paura
1954 · Roberto Rossellini

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Lodge Kerrigan USA · New York City

Unflinching portraits of men fragmenting within New York's cold, indifferent urban landscape.

Kristoffer Borgli Norway

Explores the grotesque comedy of self-obsession and the fragile boundary between sanity and delusion.

Roman Polanski Poland

His films like 'Repulsion' and 'The Tenant' meticulously depict the fragmentation of reality within deteriorating minds.