THEME EXPLORATION

nightmares

7 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Day of Reckoning
The Day of Reckoning
1990 · Samuel Fuller
Before I Wake
Before I Wake
2016 · Mike Flanagan
Laura Hasn't Slept
Laura Hasn't Slept
2020 · Parker Finn
Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen
Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen
1911 · Georges Méliès
Muse
Muse
2017 · Jaume Balagueró
The Cat's Out
The Cat's Out
1931 · Wilfred Jackson
The Vault of Horror
The Vault of Horror
1973 · Roy Ward Baker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His surreal, dreamlike narratives blur reality and nightmare, creating disorienting psychological landscapes that trap viewers in subconscious dread.

 Gaspar Noé France

His films deliberately induce psychological trauma through unsettling imagery and narrative structure, making cinema itself feel like a waking nightmare.