THEME EXPLORATION

relationship games

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool
2003 · François Ozon
Silence
Silence
2016 · Martin Scorsese
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
Daddy Nostalgia
Daddy Nostalgia
1990 · Bertrand Tavernier
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Man
2012 · Tim Story
Arcade
Arcade
1993 · Albert Pyun
Boy
Boy
2012 · Justin Chadwick
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Persona' dissect the psychological complexities and power dynamics of human relationships with unparalleled emotional depth.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic cinema explores romantic entanglement, desire, and miscommunication between lovers navigating modern urban isolation.

 Charlie Kaufman United States

His films like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Synecdoche, New York' deconstruct relationship narratives through meta-textual storytelling and philosophical inquiry.