THEME EXPLORATION

obsession and mental illness

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
Affliction
Affliction
1998 · Paul Schrader
The Smashing Machine
The Smashing Machine
2026 · Benny Safdie
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Inferno”
1967 · Ken Russell
Martin
Martin
1977 · George A. Romero
The Collector
The Collector
1965 · William Wyler
El niño y la niebla/The Boy and the Fog
El niño y la niebla/The Boy and the Fog
1953 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Stendhal Syndrome
The Stendhal Syndrome
1996 · Dario Argento
Psycho II
Psycho II
1983 · Richard Franklin
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996 · Mary Harron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films like *Black Swan* and *The Fountain* obsessively explore psychological unraveling, addiction, and the blurred lines between reality and delusion.

 David Fincher USA

Through *Zodiac*, *Se7en*, and *Gone Girl*, he dissects obsessive behavior, mental pathology, and the darker recesses of the human mind with meticulous precision.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His surreal, unsettling films like *Killing of a Sacred Deer* and *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* examine isolation, obsession, and fractured psychologies through nightmarish scenarios.