THEME EXPLORATION

trauma investigation

43 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Full Moon
Full Moon
1998 · Fredi M. Murer
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
1953 · Luchino Visconti
Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill
1977 · Kon Ichikawa
The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair
1967 · Sidney Lumet
Trent’s Last Case
Trent’s Last Case
1929 · Howard Hawks
The Girl in the News (20th Century-Fox
The Girl in the News (20th Century-Fox
1941 · Carol Reed
The Stendhal Syndrome
The Stendhal Syndrome
1996 · Dario Argento
Mosaic Portrait
Mosaic Portrait
2019 · Zhai Yixiang
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Chile, a Galaxy of Problems
Chile, a Galaxy of Problems
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Invisible Guardian
The Invisible Guardian
2017 · Fernando González Molina
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Confession of Pain
Confession of Pain
2006 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Daughter of Darkness
Daughter of Darkness
1993 · Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
Hinterland
Hinterland
2021 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
Nightmares in Precinct 7
Nightmares in Precinct 7
2001 · Herman Yau
Sadako
Sadako
2019 · Hideo Nakata
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
Satan's Slaves
Satan's Slaves
2017 · Joko Anwar
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Honeymoon
Honeymoon
2013 · Jan Hřebejk
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
Nénette et Boni
Nénette et Boni
1996 · Claire Denis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' dissect psychological trauma through fragmented narratives and visual abstraction.

 Ari Aster United States

He explores inherited and collective trauma in works like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' by merging personal grief with ritualistic horror.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His long-take realist approach in films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' reveals trauma's psychological aftermath through intimate character observation.