THEME EXPLORATION

suffering

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Carl Theodor Dreyer

Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier

Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese

Saw III
2006 · Darren Lynn Bousman

Being Towards Death

Being Towards Death
2026 · Chen Sicheng

Ohan
1984 · Kon Ichikawa

Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine
2007 · Lee Chang-dong

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 · Kenji Mizoguchi

The Last Snow
2002 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Dr. Akagi
1998 · Shohei Imamura

Banzo
2024 · Margarida Cardoso

Insônia
1982 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Mexico

Ambitious psychological narratives exploring human fragility through interconnected stories and visceral emotional intensity.

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Fragmented narratives exploring profound human suffering and existential redemption across interconnected lives.

Béla Tarr Hungarian

Stark monochromatic tableaux of human desolation rendered through hypnotic long takes.