THEME EXPLORATION

relationship dysfunction

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool
2003 · François Ozon
Silence
Silence
2016 · Martin Scorsese
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
Daddy Nostalgia
Daddy Nostalgia
1990 · Bertrand Tavernier
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
John Leguizamo: Freak
John Leguizamo: Freak
1998 · Spike Lee
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Man
2012 · Tim Story
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Persona' dissect intimate relationships with unparalleled psychological depth and emotional rawness.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic works such as 'In the Mood for Love' and '2046' explore longing, miscommunication, and emotional distance between lovers with haunting beauty.

 Charlie Kaufman United States

Films like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Synecdoche, New York' deconstruct relationship failure through innovative narrative structures and philosophical inquiry.