Existentialism Movies

He is called the 'Socrates of the North'. He is also called the forefather of existentialism: Sören Kierkegaard, born in Copenhagen in 1813. At...

Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.

A film that immerses its audience in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die, imagining what they can see and think...

A short film recounting the travels of a lonely astronaut confronted by the unknown. Unfolding as a mystery, it becomes a carefully subtle,...

A teen contemplates his life after getting locked in his garage during a power outage.

When a girl was ten-years-old she developed a brain tumor. Doctors were able to remove it, but at the expense of the perception of her own face. She...

In Tokyo, a girl and her boyfriend spend a night talking about their life, their precarious condition and their difficulties to earn a living, their...

A man causes a public disturbance, policemen intervene.

Aeterna is a movement-based film that explores the feeling of personal insignificance when confronted with the complexity of human existence. By...

The Metaphor That Became a Room is a psychological drama exploring identity, communication, and the struggle for self-understanding. Divided into two...

An existentialist conversation divided in chapters between the animated alter ego of the author and two alien creatures that represent future...

What starts as a desire to experience nature more intimately develops into a relatable conversation on alternative pathways through life. Two...

The theatre company of a forgotten town puts on one last performance to escape the reality of their home fading away into nothingness.

Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the...

In the cabin the conductor activates the gear lever; his motion breaks the inertia. Behind is the station, then images of the machinery, the...

Two brothers walk into a graveyard, yet can't find their fathers grave.

Two kids entangled in the pursuit of young love find themselves colliding with the life of a woman experiencing a crisis.

An essay film about Jean-Paul Sartre and the French Existentialists, featuring Roland Barthes' last interview.