THEME EXPLORATION

quarter-life crisis

38 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
As Long as They're Happy
As Long as They're Happy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
L’Eclisse
L’Eclisse
1962 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
Desire
Desire
2011 · Laurent Bouhnik
Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive
2021 · Kōta Yoshida
The One and Only
The One and Only
2002 · Simon Cellan Jones
Tuner
Tuner
2026 · Daniel Roher
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Greta Gerwig USA

Her films like *Lady Bird* and *Mistress America* capture the anxiety, self-discovery, and uncertain transitions of young adulthood with intimate authenticity.

 Leigh Whannell UK

His works like *Another Year* and *Career Girls* explore existential dissatisfaction, stalled ambitions, and the painful gap between youthful dreams and adult reality.