THEME EXPLORATION

infidelity and jealousy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Desire
Desire
2026 · Teresa Simone
Cronaca di un amore
Cronaca di un amore
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Doctors’ Wives
Doctors’ Wives
1931 · Frank Borzage
Folies bourgeoises
Folies bourgeoises
1976 · Claude Chabrol
His Wife’s Visitor
His Wife’s Visitor
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Hoodman Blind
Hoodman Blind
1923 · John Ford
Husband and Wife
Husband and Wife
1953 · Mikio Naruse
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Ten Dark Women
Ten Dark Women
1961 · Kon Ichikawa
The Appointment
The Appointment
1969 · Sidney Lumet
Closer
Closer
2004 · Mike Nichols
La diosa arrodillada/The Kneeling Goddess
La diosa arrodillada/The Kneeling Goddess
1947 · Roberto Gavaldón
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His films like 'Jules and Jim' and 'The Woman Next Door' explore the psychological complexities of desire, infidelity, and romantic jealousy with intimate character study.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His melodramas including 'Live Flesh' and 'Bad Education' dissect jealousy, betrayal, and obsessive love with passionate intensity and emotional depth.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His austere examinations of relationships in 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' strip away illusions to reveal jealousy and resentment lurking beneath domestic surfaces.