THEME EXPLORATION

terminal illness

33 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Repulsion
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
The Last Viking
The Last Viking
2025 · Anders Thomas Jensen
Amorosa
Amorosa
1986 · Mai Zetterling
As Armas e o Povo
As Armas e o Povo
1975 · Glauber Rocha
Betty
Betty
1992 · Claude Chabrol
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
1970 · J. Lee Thompson
Cute Devil
Cute Devil
1982 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Il Deserto rosso (Red Desert
Il Deserto rosso (Red Desert
1964 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Last Dance
Last Dance
1996 · Bruce Beresford
La voce della luna
La voce della luna
1990 · Federico Fellini
La Pietà
La Pietà
2022 · Eduardo Casanova
Mother Joan of the Angels
Mother Joan of the Angels
1961 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Redemption
Redemption
2018 · Yossi Madmoni & Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov
Red Rooms
Red Rooms
2023 · Pascal Plante
Two Ships
Two Ships
2021 · Jan Foukal
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Elia Kazan
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Lars von Trier
El crepúsculo de un dios
El crepúsculo de un dios
1969 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
El niño y la niebla/The Boy and the Fog
El niño y la niebla/The Boy and the Fog
1953 · Roberto Gavaldón
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
1998 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Life
Life
1994 · Artavazd Pelechian
Life Sentence
Life Sentence
1988 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Cristofer USA

Explores intimate human moments and emotional truth within constrained spaces and final confrontations.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'After Life' and 'Still Walking' explore mortality and terminal illness with profound tenderness and philosophical depth.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

Works such as 'Vera Drake' and 'Another Year' examine how terminal illness and death shape human relationships and moral complexity.