THEME EXPLORATION

quarter-life crisis

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
As Long as They're Happy
As Long as They're Happy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
L’Eclisse
L’Eclisse
1962 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Unexpected Help
Unexpected Help
1910 · D.W. Griffith
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Greta Gerwig USA

Her films like 'Lady Bird' and 'Mistress America' intimately capture the anxieties, identity confusion, and transitional moments of young adults navigating adulthood.

 Leigh Whannell UK

His naturalistic films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls' examine the stagnation, regret, and existential questioning that accompany unfulfilled potential in one's twenties and thirties.