THEME EXPLORATION

psychoanalysis

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
1971 · Dušan Makavejev
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
Equus
Equus
1977 · Sidney Lumet
Freud
Freud
1962 · John Huston
L’amant double (Amant Double
L’amant double (Amant Double
2017 · François Ozon
Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark
1944 · Mitchell Leisen
The Joke (film)|The Joke
The Joke (film)|The Joke
1968 · Florina Titz
Lo squartatore di New York
Lo squartatore di New York
1982 · Lucio Fulci
Libidomania
Libidomania
1979 · Frank Miller
That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Ernst Lubitsch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His films obsessively explore the unconscious mind through body horror and psychological disturbance, treating the physical manifestation of mental states as central to understanding human psyche.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

A master of depicting inner psychological turmoil and existential anxiety, his films delve deeply into trauma, repression, and the fragile boundaries between sanity and madness.

 Ari Aster United States

His recent work meticulously examines grief, trauma, and the darker impulses of the human psyche through visually arresting narratives that feel like fever dreams of the unconscious mind.