THEME EXPLORATION

psychiatric hospital

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse!
1918 · Buster Keaton
Last Dance
Last Dance
1996 · Bruce Beresford
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
The House of Hanging
The House of Hanging
1979 · Kon Ichikawa
The Naked Kiss
The Naked Kiss
1964 · Samuel Fuller
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
1986 · Jean Rouch
The Room
The Room
1985 · Robert Altman
The Ward
The Ward
2010 · John Carpenter
Eyewitness
Eyewitness
1956 · Muriel Box
I Don't Understand You Anymore
I Don't Understand You Anymore
1980 · Sergio Corbucci
When the City Dies
When the City Dies
1969 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia

His masterpiece 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' remains the definitive cinematic exploration of institutional power dynamics and individual resistance within psychiatric settings.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films and psychological thrillers examine mental illness and institutional breakdown as visceral, disturbing manifestations of inner turmoil.