THEME EXPLORATION

restlessness in conformity

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
My Life in Pink
My Life in Pink
1997 · Alain Berliner
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Peter Weir
Dead Knot
Dead Knot
1969 · John Woo
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
In the Mirror
In the Mirror
2011 · Paolo Sorrentino
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films dissect urban alienation and existential anxiety beneath the surface of modern, conformist society through prolonged takes and emotional detachment.

 David Lynch United States

He reveals the dark undercurrents of suburban normalcy and psychological unease lurking beneath small-town conformity and American conventions.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His work interrogates the violence and despair concealed within orderly, bourgeois domestic life and social structures through rigorous formal control.