THEME EXPLORATION

technological malfunction

22 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Passengers
Passengers
2016 · Morten Tyldum
I, Robot
I, Robot
2004 · Alex Proyas
Nokia Short
Nokia Short
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
Tetsujin 28-go
Tetsujin 28-go
1964 · —
Space/Time
Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
Francisco Perales, Luis García Berlanga , Madrid, Cátedra
1997 · Luis García Berlanga
La Machine à refaire la vie
La Machine à refaire la vie
1933 · Julien Duvivier
Paycheck
Paycheck
2003 · John Woo
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
A Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane
1966 · Arthur Lipsett
A Report on the Party and the Guests
A Report on the Party and the Guests
1966 · Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen
Le Tonnerre de Jupiter
Le Tonnerre de Jupiter
1903 · Georges Méliès
The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain
1973 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Kathryn Bigelow
The Wandering Earth II
The Wandering Earth II
2023 · Frant Gwo
The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers
1993 · Nick Park
Anthem: Conviction
Anthem: Conviction
2019 · Neill Blomkamp
Armageddon
Armageddon
1997 · Gordon Chan
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
2012 · Kim Jee-woon & Yim Pil-sung
Reality+
Reality+
2014 · Coralie Fargeat
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore the grotesque fusion of flesh and technology, depicting malfunction as visceral transformation.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His works examine how technological systems and social structures malfunction together, trapping individuals within broken systems.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His science fiction masterpieces interrogate technology's inability to fulfill human spiritual needs, revealing the deeper malfunctions of modernity.