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Existentialism in Film:
Existentialist Films:
- Nanook of the North - Robert Flaherty (1922)
- Our Hospitality - Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone (1923)
- The Last Laugh - F. W. Murnau (1924)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc - Carl Dreyer (1928)
- L’Atalante - Jean Vigo (1934)
- Crime and Punishment - Josef von Sternberg (1935)
- Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows) - Marcel Carné (1938)
- La Bête Humaine - Jean Renoir (1938)
- Le Jour se Léve - Marcel Carné (1939)
- The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) - Jean Renoir (1939)
- I Walked with a Zombie - Val Lewton (directed by Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
- Day of Wrath - Carl Dreyer (1943)
- Torment - Alf Sjöberg (1944)
- Crisis - Ingmar Bergman (1946)
- Prison - Ingmar Bergman (1949)
- Diary of a Country Priest - Robert Bresson (1950)
- The Flowers of Saint Francis (Francesco Guillare di Dio) - Roberto Rossellini (1950)
- Les Enfants Terribles - Jean-Pierre Melville (1950)
- Cronaca di un Amore (Story of a Love Affair) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1950)
- D.O.A. - Rudolph Maté (1950)
- Los Olvidados - Luis Bunuel (1950)
- To Joy - Ingmar Bergman (1950)
- Summer Interlude - Ingmar Bergman (1951)
- The River - Jean Renoir (1951)
- Life of Oharu - Kenji Mizoguchi (1952)
- Tokyo Story - Yasujiro Ozu (1953)
- Ugetsu - Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)
- I Vitelloni - Federico Fellini (1953)
- La Strada - Federico Fellini (1954)
- On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954)
- Le Amiche (The Girlfriends) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1955)
- Ordet - Carl Dreyer (1955)
- A Man Escaped - Robert Bresson (1956)
- The Wrong Man - Alfred Hitchcock (1956)
- The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
- Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
- Il Grido (The Outcry) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1957)
- Nights of Cabiria - Federico Fellini (1957)
- Les Mistons - Francois Truffaut (1957)
- Hiroshima Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959)
- The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) - Francois Truffaut (1959)
- Pickpocket - Robert Bresson (1959)
- The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) - Satyajit Ray (1959)
- Devi (The Goddess) - Satyajit Ray (1960)
- The Virgin Spring - Ingmar Bergman (1960)
- Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) - Jean-Luc Godard (1960)
- Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le Pianiste) - François Truffaut (1960)
- Le Sourire (The Smile) - Serge Bourguignon (1960)
- La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960)
- L'Avventura (The Adventure) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1960)
- Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais (1961)
- La Notte (The Night) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1961)
- Il Posto - Ermanno Olmi (1961)
- Through a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman (1961)
- Teen Kanya (Three Daughters, aka Two Daughters) - Satyajit Ray (1961)
- Kanchenjungha - Satyajit Ray (1962)
- Abhijan (The Expedition) - Satyajit Ray (1962)
- Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) - Francois Truffaut (1962)
- Sundays and Cybele (Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray) - Serge Bourguignon (1962)
- L'Eclisse (Eclipse) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1962)
- The Trial of Joan of Arc - Robert Bresson (1962)
- The House is Black (Khaneh Syah Ast) - Forough Farrokhzad (1962)
- Le Doulos - Jean-Pierre Melville (1963)
- The Fiances (I Fidanzati) - Ermanno Olmi (1963)
- The Householder - James Ivory (1963)
- Mahanagar (The Big City) - Satyajit Ray (1963)
- Winter Light - Ingmar Bergman (1963)
- The Silence - Ingmar Bergman (1963)
- The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
- Hamlet (Gamlet) - Grigori Kozintsev (1964)
- Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis (1964)
- Red Desert (Il Deserto Rosso) - Michelangelo Antonioni (1964)
- Gertrud - Carl Dreyer (1964)
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Sergei Parajanov (1965)
- The Brick and the Mirror (Khesht va Ayeneh) - Ebrahim Golestan (1965)
- Kapurush (The Coward) - Satyajit Ray (1965)
- Nayak (The Hero) - Satyajit Ray (1966)
- La Guerre est Finie - Alain Resnais (1966)
- Blow-Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
- Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
- Au Hasard Balthazar - Robert Bresson (1966)
- Mouchette - Robert Bresson (1967)
- Le Samourai - Jean-Pierre Melville (1967)
- Accident - Joseph Losey (1967)
- Bonnie and Clyde - Arthur Penn (1967)
- Hour of the Wolf - Ingmar Bergman (1968)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
- Gaav (The Cow) - Dariush Mehrjui (1969)
- The Color of Pomegranates - Sergei Parajanov (1969)
- Army of Shadows - Jean-Pierre Melville (1969)
- Le Cercle Rouge - Jean-Pierre Melville (1970)
- The Adversary (Pratidwandi) - Satyajit Ray (1970)
- La Rupture - Claude Chabrol (1970)
- Five Easy Pieces - Bob Rafelson (1970)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971)
- The Go-Between - Joseph Losey (1971)
- King Lear (Korol Lir) - Grigori Kozintsev (1971)
- Solaris - Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)
- Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman (1972)
- The Spirit of the Beehive - Víctor Erice (1973)
- Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973)
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser - Werner Herzog (1974)
- Lancelot du Lac - Robert Bresson (1974)
- Thieves Like Us - Robert Altman (1974)
- The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Milos Foreman (1975)
- The Passenger - Michelangelo Antonioni (1975)
- French Connection II - John Frankenheimer (1975)
- The Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1975)
- The Middleman (Jana Aranya) - Satyajit Ray (1976)
- Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
- The American Friend - Wim Wenders (1977)
- Stroszek - Werner Herzog (1977)
- Midnight Express - Alan Parker (1978)
- Nosferatu the Vampyre - Werner Herzog (1979)
- Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
- Gandhi - Richard Attenborough (1982)
- Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
- Once Upon a Time in America - Sergio Leone (1984)
- The Runner (Davandeh) - Amir Naderi (1984)
- Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985)
- The Horse Thief - Tian Zhuangzhuang (1986)
- The Blind Owl (La Chouette Aveugle) - Raoul Ruiz (1987)
- As Tears Go By - Wong Kar Wai (1988)
- Dekalog - Krzysztof Kieslowski (1989)
- Hamoun - Dariush Mehrjui (1990)
- Days of Being Wild - Wong Kar Wai (1990)
- Raise the Red Lantern - Zhang Yimou (1991)
- Europa (Zentropa) - Lars von Trier (1991)
- The Crying Game - Neil Jordan (1992)
- To Live - Zhang Yimou (1994)
- Chungking Express - Wong Kar Wai (1994)
- Ashes of Time - Wong Kar Wai (1994)
- Through the Olive Trees (Zire Darakhatan Zeyton) - Abbas Kiarostami (1994)
- Pari - Dariush Mehrjui (1995)
- Fallen Angels - Wong Kar Wai (1995)
- Father - Majid Majidi (1996)
- Happy Together - Wong Kar Wai (1995)
- Taste of Cherry (Ta'am-e-Gīlās) - Abbas Kiarostami (1997)
- Children of Heaven - Majid Majidi (1997)
- The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan (1997)
- The Thin Red Line - Terrence Malick (1998)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly - Werner Herzog (1998)
- Leila - Dariush Mehrjui (1998)
- The Pear Tree (Derakht-e Golabi) - Dariush Mehrjui (1998)
- The Wind Will Carry Us (Bād Mā-rā Khāhad Bord) - Abbas Kiarostami (1999)
- The Color of Paradise - Majid Majidi (1999)
- Memento - Christopher Nolan (2000)
- In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar Wai (2000)
- Happy Times - Zhang Yimou (2000)
- Protest (Eteraz) - Masoud Kimiai (2000)
- Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (Booye Kafoor, Atre Yas) - Bahman Farmanarai (2000)
- Going By (Az Kenar-e Ham Migozarim) - Iraj Karimi (2001)
- Baran - Majid Majidi (2001)
- Thoth - Sarah Kernochan (2002)
- Heaven - Tom Tykwer (2002)
- The Deserted Station (Istgah-Matrouk, 2002) - Alireza Raisian
- Silence of the Sea (Khamushiye Darya) - Vahid Mousaian (2003)
- Travellers and Magicians - Khyentse Norbu (2003)
- The Lizard (Marmoulak) - Kamal Tabrizi (2004)
- Beautiful City (Shahr-e-Ziba) - Asghar Farhadi (2004)
- 2046 - Wong Kar Wai (2004)
- Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam - Simon Broughton (2005)
- The New World - Terrence Malick (2005)
- The Constant Gardener - Fernando Meirelles (2005)
- So Close, So Far (Kheili Dour, Kheili Nazdik) - Reza Mirkarimi (2005)
- Bab'Aziz - Nacer Khemir (2005)
- The Willow Tree - Majid Majidi (2005)
- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles - Zhang Yimou (2005)
- Still Life - Jia Zhangke (2006)
- Rescue Dawn - Werner Herzog (2006)
- The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006)
- Half Moon (Niwemang) - Bahman Ghobadi (2006)
- Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) - Aamir Khan (2007)
- No Country for Old Men - Joel & Ethan Coen (2007)
- Lust, Caution - Ang Lee (2007)
- Departures - Yojiro Takita (2008)
- Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan (2008)
- The Song of Sparrows (Avaze Gonjeshk-ha) - Majid Majidi (2008)
- Moon - Duncan Jones (2009)
- My Tehran for Sale - Granaz Moussavi (2009)
- Letters to Father Jacob - Klaus Härö (2009)
- Shutter Island - Martin Scorsese (2010)
- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov (2011)
- Gold and Copper (Tala va Mes) - Homayoun Assadian (2011)
- The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick (2011)
- Salma and the Apple (Sib o Salma) - Habibollah Bahmani (2011)
- Life of Pi - Ang Lee (2012)
- The Patience Stone (Syngué Sabour) - Atiq Rahimi (2012)
- Sepideh - Reaching for the Stars - Berit Madsen (2013)
- Coming Home - Zhang Yimou (2014)
- A Man Called Ove - Hannes Holm (2015)
- “Mrinal ki Chitthi”, Stories by Rabindranath Tagore, Episode 19 – Tani Basu (2015)
- Roma - Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
- 1917 - Sam Mendes (2019)
- Nomadland - Chloé Zhao (2020)
5 comments:
selam,
I've just discovered your blog...good job! It seems that I will drop by here often:)
Your list is interesting, but how can you not include Bergman?!
Yes, Kyle, you are quite right about Bergman. He belongs in the pantheon of this category. I will be covering some films by him soon.
Mkp,
I wish you could view "Khab e Talkh" (Bitter Dreams) (2004) from Iran and include it on this list. It is my favorite Iranian film. And I know you love Iranian films.
Thanks, Jugo, I will try to track down "Khab-e-Talkh".
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