THEME EXPLORATION

surveillance and paranoia

31 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Companion
Companion
2025 · Drew Hancock
Stranger
Stranger
2024 · Yeo Siew Hua
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Dilbar
Dilbar
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Rear Window
Rear Window
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
The Witch
The Witch
2016 · Robert Eggers
Patriot
Patriot
2026 · Mahesh Narayanan
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Spaceways
Spaceways
1953 · Terence Fisher
The Truman Show
The Truman Show
1998 · Peter Weir
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
A Report on the Party and the Guests
A Report on the Party and the Guests
1966 · Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen
The People from the Train
The People from the Train
1961 · Kazimierz Kutz
Animals ferits
Animals ferits
2006 · Ventura Pons
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Mamoru Oshii
Planet of the Vampires
Planet of the Vampires
1965 · Mario Bava
Red Amnesia
Red Amnesia
2014 · Wang Xiaoshuai
Psycho II
Psycho II
1983 · Richard Franklin
The Trial
The Trial
1975 · Shuji Terayama
The Wailing
The Wailing
2016 · Na Hong-jin
Freaks
Freaks
2019 · Adam B. Stein & Zach Lipovsky
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
2008 · Jean-François Richet
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christian Petzold

Suspense through silence: characters haunted by unspeakable pasts in precisely composed frames.

 D.J. Caruso USA

Caruso specializes in high-concept thrillers that transform everyday settings into spaces of mounting dread and paranoia.

 Sofia Coppola United States

His masterpiece 'The Conversation' (1974) is the definitive exploration of surveillance anxiety, following a paranoid wiretapper consumed by guilt and fear of being watched.