THEME EXPLORATION

tragic downfall

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
2009 · Pedro Almodóvar
Auto Focus
Auto Focus
2002 · Paul Schrader
Guru
Guru
2026 · Yann Gozlan
Accidentally
Accidentally
1968 · John Woo
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Carmen
Carmen
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
China Doll
China Doll
1958 · Frank Borzage
Comata, the Sioux
Comata, the Sioux
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Baz Luhrmann
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1998 · Dario Argento
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Haneke Austria

He explores how ordinary people spiral into despair and violence through systematic deconstruction of social order and human vulnerability.

 Lars von Trier Denmark

His provocative films chart the catastrophic deterioration of protagonists through extremity and emotional torment, making tragic downfall viscerally inescapable.