THEME EXPLORATION

suburban paranoia

25 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 · Woody Allen
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 · Roman Polanski
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
The Witch
The Witch
2016 · Robert Eggers
As Long as They're Happy
As Long as They're Happy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Puberty Blues
Puberty Blues
1981 · Bruce Beresford
Spaceways
Spaceways
1953 · Terence Fisher
The Slow Game
The Slow Game
2009 · Paolo Sorrentino
Do You Like Hitchcock?
Do You Like Hitchcock?
2005 · Dario Argento
The Machinist
The Machinist
2004 · Brad Anderson
The Devil's Trap
The Devil's Trap
1962 · František Vláčil
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
Animals ferits
Animals ferits
2006 · Ventura Pons
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 · Yasujiro Ozu
Love Town
Love Town
1990 · Richard Lowenstein
The Idiots
The Idiots
1998 · Lars von Trier
The Number 23
The Number 23
2007 · Joel Schumacher
The Trial
The Trial
1975 · Shuji Terayama
The Wailing
The Wailing
2016 · Na Hong-jin
Freaks
Freaks
2019 · Adam B. Stein & Zach Lipovsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like 'Blue Velvet' and 'Mulholland Drive' expose the darkness and psychological terror lurking beneath peaceful suburban surfaces.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His films including 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' present suburban settings as spaces of unsettling vulnerability and potential violence.