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THEME EXPLORATION

nightmares and surrealism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Come and See
Come and See
1985 · Elem Klimov
Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen
Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen
1911 · Georges Méliès
After Hours
After Hours
1985 · Martin Scorsese
Vormittagsspuk
Vormittagsspuk
1928 · Hans Richter
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Eraserhead
Eraserhead
1976 · David Lynch
Footprints
Footprints
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Belle de jour
Belle de jour
1967 · Luis Buñuel
Charleston
Charleston
1927 · Jean Renoir
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010 · Sergei Eisenstein
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch → United States

His films blur reality and nightmare through dreamlike narratives, disturbing imagery, and non-linear storytelling that explores the unconscious mind.

Guillermo del Toro → Mexico

His work seamlessly weaves gothic surrealism with nightmare imagery, creating darkly poetic worlds where fantasy and horror blur into haunting, dreamlike experiences.

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