THEME EXPLORATION

magical malfunction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · David Yates
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Passengers
Passengers
2016 · Morten Tyldum
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
2016 · Scott Derrickson
Encanto
Encanto
2021 · Byron Howard & Jared Bush
Zoology
Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His surreal cinema consistently explores the breakdown of reality and logic, where the magical and mundane collide in unsettling malfunctions of normalcy.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His animated worlds feature enchanted systems and magical spaces that frequently malfunction, revealing chaos beneath their beautiful surfaces.

 Jacques Tati France

His films celebrate the comic disaster of modern technology and systems failing spectacularly, treating everyday malfunctions as sources of poetic magic and wonder.