THEME EXPLORATION

vanity and narcissism

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Sick of Myself
Sick of Myself
2022 · Kristoffer Borgli
Snow White and the Huntsman
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · Rupert Sanders
Father Gets in the Game
Father Gets in the Game
1908 · D.W. Griffith
The Substance
The Substance
2024 · Coralie Fargeat
La Collectionneuse
La Collectionneuse
1967 · Eric Rohmer
To Die For
To Die For
1995 · David Cronenberg & Gus Van Sant
Painted Skin
Painted Skin
2008 · Gordon Chan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His films like 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½' are seminal explorations of ego, desire, and the hollowness beneath glamorous surfaces.

 David Fincher United States

Works such as 'The Social Network' and 'Gone Girl' dissect ambition, self-obsession, and the construction of false personas in modern society.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films obsessively examine vanity, manipulation, and destructive narcissistic relationships with unflinching psychological depth.