THEME EXPLORATION

addiction and withdrawal

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Repulsion
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
2018 · Bradley Cooper
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Darren Aronofsky
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Sherrybaby
Sherrybaby
2006 · Laurie Collyer
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films like 'Requiem for a Dream' and 'The Fountain' obsessively explore addiction, obsession, and the psychological deterioration of dependency through visceral visual language.

 Joaquim Dos Santos USA

His works including 'Drugstore Cowboy' and 'My Own Private Idaho' unflinchingly document drug addiction and withdrawal with empathetic realism and poetic melancholy.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His austere films like 'Code Unknown' and 'The Seventh Continent' examine modern psychological addictions and compulsions with clinical precision and existential dread.