THEME EXPLORATION

existential struggle

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Burning
Burning
2018 · Lee Chang-dong
Uccellacci e uccellini
Uccellacci e uccellini
1966 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Mickey 17
Mickey 17
2025 · Bong Joon-ho
Solo Sunny
Solo Sunny
1980 · Konrad Wolf
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Through a Glass Darkly' directly confront mortality, faith, and the meaning of human existence through deeply introspective narratives.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

Antonioni's works such as 'L'Avventura' and 'L'Eclisse' explore alienation, meaninglessness, and the void in modern existence through slow-burn visual storytelling.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' probe questions of purpose, spirituality, and the human search for meaning in a vast, indifferent universe.