THEME EXPLORATION

medical crisis

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dr. T and the Women
Dr. T and the Women
2000 · Robert Altman
The Medicine Bottle
The Medicine Bottle
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Contagion
Contagion
2011 · Steven Soderbergh
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Alan Rudolph
Percy's Progress
Percy's Progress
1974 · Ralph Thomas
Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive
2021 · Kōta Yoshida
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Crimes of the Future' and 'The Fly' explore medical crises as visceral examinations of human vulnerability and transformation.

 Ari Aster United States

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' depict psychological and physical medical crises that spiral into existential nightmares.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His unflinching cinema in 'Antichrist,' 'Melancholia,' and 'Dogville' confronts medical trauma, mental breakdown, and human suffering with uncompromising intensity.