THEME EXPLORATION

suicide and mental health

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor
1987 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
1946 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Henry Hathaway
Two Ships
Two Ships
2021 · Jan Foukal
The Slender Thread
The Slender Thread
1965 · Sydney Pollack
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky United States

His films like 'The Fountain' and 'Black Swan' intensely explore psychological deterioration, obsession, and the fragile boundary between sanity and mental collapse.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her work including 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' unflinchingly examines trauma, depression, and the psychological aftermath of violence.

 Lars von Trier Denmark

His provocative films like 'Antichrist' and 'Melancholia' confront depression, grief, and existential despair with brutal honesty and visual intensity.