THEME EXPLORATION

search and obsession

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Man Without a Map
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His films obsessively explore psychological obsession and the criminal mind's compulsive pursuit of goals, most notably in *Vertigo* and *Psycho*.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He repeatedly examines destructive obsession and the human psyche's descent into madness through visually intense narratives in works like *Black Swan* and *The Wrestler*.