THEME EXPLORATION

self-absorption

10 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Affection
Affection
2026 · BT Meza
Calle Malaga
Calle Malaga
2026 · Maryam Touzani
Partner
Partner
1968 · Bernardo Bertolucci
The Cloud-Capped Star
The Cloud-Capped Star
1960 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Blue Valentine
Blue Valentine
2010 · Derek Cianfrance
Dusk to Dawn
Dusk to Dawn
1922 · King Vidor
The Four 3
The Four 3
2014 · Gordon Chan
Me Myself and I
Me Myself and I
1969 · Stephen Dwoskin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films obsessively probe the interior psychological landscapes of isolated, introspective characters wrestling with their own mortality and self-deception.

 Allen Hughes United States

His neurotic protagonists are perpetually consumed by self-analysis, romantic obsession, and their own existential anxieties, often at the expense of those around them.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films depict characters lost in melancholic reverie and nostalgic self-absorption, unable to connect authentically with others.