THEME EXPLORATION

intergenerational trauma

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · Terence Davies
Evening Stream
Evening Stream
1960 · Mikio Naruse
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Trans Memoria
Trans Memoria
2024 · Victoria Verseau
Death in Love
Death in Love
2008 · Boaz Yakin
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Silent Night, Deadly Night
2025 · Mike P. Nelson
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hikari Japan

Explores intimate human stories with quiet intensity, bridging personal and collective memory.

 Ari Aster United States

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar meticulously explore how family dysfunction and inherited psychological damage manifest across generations through visceral horror.

 Pablo Larraín Chile

His work, particularly Spencer and Jackie, examines how personal and collective historical trauma shapes individuals caught between public expectation and private suffering.