madness and mental breakdown

His films like Black Swan and The Fountain obsessively explore psychological unraveling and descent into madness through visceral, hallucinatory cinematography.

Repulsion and The Tenant are masterclasses in depicting mental deterioration and paranoia, with the camera becoming an instrument of the protagonist's fractured mind.

Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark chart the emotional and psychological collapse of women through deeply personal, unflinching examinations of suffering and breakdown.