THEME EXPLORATION

middle-aged masculinity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Undertow
Undertow
2009 · Javier Fuentes-León
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Richard Linklater United States

His films like 'Before' trilogy and 'Boyhood' intimately chronicle male identity, aging, and relationships across decades.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious realist films explore working-class masculinity, economic struggle, and dignity in middle age.

 Paolo Sorrentino Italy

Films like 'The Great Beauty' and 'Youth' examine aging male artists, power, nostalgia, and the crisis of middle-aged vitality.