THEME EXPLORATION

relationship triangles

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
The Mother and the Whore
The Mother and the Whore
1973 · Jean Eustache
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Man
2012 · Tim Story
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His films like 'Jules and Jim' and 'The Woman Next Door' are quintessential explorations of romantic triangles and the emotional complexities of competing desires.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

He repeatedly examines intricate relationship triangles with emotional depth and darkly comic sensibility in films like 'Live Flesh' and 'The Skin I Live In.'

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning films such as 'In the Mood for Love' and '2046' poetically dissect the anguish and longing within romantic triangles and unrequited love.