THEME EXPLORATION

relationships under pressure

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
Ídolos
Ídolos
2026 · Mat Whitecross
Agostino
Agostino
1962 · Mauro Bolognini
Late Autumn
Late Autumn
1960 · Yasujiro Ozu
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
2002 · Spike Jonze
The Wise Guy
The Wise Guy
1962 · Yannis Dalianidis
Beyond the Lights
Beyond the Lights
2014 · Gina Prince-Bythewood
The Chops
The Chops
2003 · Bertrand Blier
The Party's Over
The Party's Over
1965 · Guy Hamilton
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
2017 · Sebastián Lelio
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
Pelo Malo
Pelo Malo
2013 · Mariana Rondón
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996 · Sergei Bodrov
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
Summer with Hope
Summer with Hope
2022 · Sadaf Foroughi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Doug Liman USA

High-octane action storyteller who grounds spectacle in character-driven narratives and snappy dialogue.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Persona' dissect intimate relationships with psychological precision, exposing how pressure fractures communication and identity.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His work explores family tensions and generational conflict through subtle domestic scenes, revealing how societal and personal pressures strain bonds between loved ones.