THEME EXPLORATION

failure and disappointment

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Taipei Story
Taipei Story
1985 · Edward Yang
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson
823 Hostage Crisis
823 Hostage Crisis
2026 · Tony Leung Hung-Wah
Sentimental Value
Sentimental Value
2025 · Joachim Trier
Sato and Sato
Sato and Sato
2026 · Chihiro Amano
The Furious
The Furious
2026 · Kenji Tanigaki
That Burning House
That Burning House
2026 · Tsai Yin-chuan
Fail Safe
Fail Safe
1964 · Sidney Lumet
Lancelot du lac
Lancelot du lac
1974 · Robert Bresson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Barry Levinson USA · Baltimore

Documentary-inflected portraits of ordinary Americans confronting their own limits and lost potential.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films profoundly explore existential despair, fractured relationships, and the human struggle with meaning and emotional devastation.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture urban loneliness, thwarted love, and the melancholy of missed connections and unfulfilled desires.