Existentialism Movies

Matī Kütt’s experimental short animation plunges into the subconscious of a sick society. Through abstract, painted-on-film...

A constant journey from outer space to a town in Norway, where we encounter small pieces of people’s lives.

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

Jay and Sam are a perfect match. They meet for some food and drinks at the local bar when news breaks of a possible apocalyptic-level event. Nuclear...

"Archaeology of Unborn Faces" is a silent cinematic excavation of the AI latent space. It stands before a digital purgatory, witnessing the agonizing...

Two friends, plagued by bouts of 'existentiality', begin to doubt their existence and spiral into trying to find what life is truly about.

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

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

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

The utterings of a faceless narrator are intercut with the tale of an estranged woodland inhabitant, who makes a peculiar discovery.

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

A recluse indifferent to everything around him seeks pleasure in one thing: a steaming, hot shower. One day, his heating goes off.

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

A silent, monochromatic mutiny against the machinery of time. An 'ownerless' man navigates an urban purgatory, bearing forensic witness to the...

In the span of a single night, "Hungkag (Hollow) explores the lives of three solitary individuals under the eyes of the city lights. Isa, a...

What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience ? What is our link to nature ? Pondering these...

A man and his conscience are shown on their way to paradise as the only illusion that saves him the present civilization's hell. However, it is the...

What happens to a person's self when she retires and no longer has the job to lean on? Documentary filmmaker Lars Lennart Forsberg asked that...