THEME EXPLORATION

death premonition

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 2
2003 · David R. Ellis
Gift
Gift
1973 · Stan Brakhage
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
One Missed Call
One Missed Call
2003 · Takashi Miike
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His masterpiece 'The Seventh Seal' is the definitive cinematic meditation on mortality, featuring a knight playing chess with Death itself.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His contemplative films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore existential dread and humanity's confrontation with fate and the unknown.

 David Lynch United States

His surrealist works including 'Eraserhead' and 'Mulholland Drive' create nightmarish atmospheres that visualize premonition and psychological mortality.