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Pages in category "Existentialist films" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 22 vs. Earth;
Existentialism is a family of philosophical views and inquiry that prioritize the existence of the human individual, study existence from the individual's perspective, and conclude that, despite the absurdity or incomprehensibility of the universe, individuals must still embrace responsibility for their actions and strive to lead authentic lives.
Author, poet, film director James Anthony Froude: April 23, 1818 – October 20, 1894 United Kingdom Historian Alberto Giacometti: October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966 Switzerland Artist Known for his artistic style and the existential crisis within Juozas Girnius: 1915 –1994 Lithuania Philosopher Christian existentialist Fernando González
In the 1960s and 1970s, directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski continued to evolve the genre with films like Psycho and Rosemary’s Baby, which combined psychological horror with noir’s tense, shadowy style, creating a sense of paranoia and existential dread. More recent films have expanded horror noir's scope to include ...
Knock at the Cabin is an adaptation of the 2018 horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, who had signed an option with FilmNation Entertainment in late 2017, prior to the book's publication, and had to keep secret that the film was based on one of his novels until July 2022.
This period saw a few films using lovecraftian horror themes. 2007's The Mist, Frank Darabont's movie adaptation of Stephen King's 1985 novella by the same name, featuring otherworldly Lovecraftian monsters emerging from a thick blanket of mist to terrify a small New England town, [54] and 2005's The Call of Cthulhu, made by the H. P. Lovecraft ...
Generally, Haneke's style has been described as displaying "an aesthetics of dread"; [80] [81] a feeling of "existential dread" or "ambient dread" is also present in Caché. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] The story has been described as a " psychological thriller "; [ 84 ] [ 85 ] the British Film Institute stated it employs "classical suspense strategies" to ...
The site's critical consensus reads, "Christopher Nolan skillfully guides the audience through Memento 's fractured narrative, seeping his film in existential dread." [54] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [55]