THEME EXPLORATION

dinner party gone wrong

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ibiza Undead
Ibiza Undead
2016 · Andy Edwards
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
The Hangover
The Hangover
2009 · Todd Phillips
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Henry Selick
Don't Breathe
Don't Breathe
2016 · Fede Álvarez
Island of Terror
Island of Terror
1966 · Terence Fisher
Madadayo
Madadayo
1993 · Akira Kurosawa
The Exterminating Angel
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Luis Buñuel
El Topo
El Topo
1970 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
1937 · Dziga Vertov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist masterpiece 'The Exterminating Angel' traps dinner guests in a room where social civility progressively disintegrates into chaos and nightmare.

 Claude Chabrol France

His thriller 'La Cérémonie' explores how a dinner party and domestic gatherings become the backdrop for class tension erupting into violent tragedy.

 Ari Aster United States

'Midsommar' transforms a communal feast into a descent through folk horror and psychological dread where hospitality becomes entrapment.