THEME EXPLORATION

marital betrayal

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
100 Nights of Hero
100 Nights of Hero
2026 · Julia Jackman
Over Your Dead Body
Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Jorma Taccone
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 · Akira Kurosawa
La boutique
La boutique
1967 · Luis García Berlanga
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · J. Lee Thompson
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966 · Mike Nichols
It Conquered the World
It Conquered the World
1956 · Roger Corman
My Brother’s Wife
My Brother’s Wife
1966 · Doris Wishman
Serena
Serena
2014 · Susanne Bier
The Merry Jail
The Merry Jail
1917 · Ernst Lubitsch
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claude Chabrol France

Chabrol's psychological thrillers obsessively dissect bourgeois infidelity and its violent consequences, most notably in 'La Femme Infidèle' and 'Unfaithful.'

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

Almodóvar explores marital betrayal with emotional complexity and dark humor, examining desire and deception across genders in films like 'Live Flesh' and 'Julieta.'

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

Bergman's intimate psychological portraits of marriage and infidelity reach existential depths, particularly in 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Through a Glass Darkly.'