Topic: Psychological Drama

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Takashi Shimura · Nobuo Kaneko · Kyôko Seki · Makoto Kobori

Synopsis In To Live (1952), directed by Akira Kurosawa, the story follows Kanji Watanabe, a middle-aged bureaucrat who discovers he has a terminal illness. Faced with the grim reality of his limited time, Watanabe embarks on a quest to find meaning...

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Michiyo Aratama · Yusuke Kawazu · Tamao Nakamura

Synopsis The protagonist is the pacifistic Kaji. Strong-armed into the Japanese military during World War II, Kaji has reluctantly learned to kill on the battlefields. Upon his country's surrender, Kaji and some comrades embark on an epic journey on foot southward...

Direction Satyajit Ray

Cast Kanu Bannerjee · Karuna Bannerjee · Pinaki Sengupta · Smaran Ghosal

Synopsis The second chapter in director Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy ('Pather Panchali', 'Aparajito', 'The World of Apu'). Following Apu and his family to the city, Ray explores the crowded streets and busy waterfront, introducing us to a gallery of unforgettable images...

Direction Satyajit Ray

Cast Soumitra Chatterjee · Sharmila Tagore · Alok Chakravarty · Swapan Mukherjee

Synopsis Forced to abandon his education, Apu´s prospects look bleak until fate intervenes in the form of an insane bridegroom. To save the abandoned bride from public disgrace, Apu marries her, beginning a new life as husband and father. Third and...

Direction Erich von Stroheim

Cast Gibson Gowland · ZaSu Pitts · Jean Hersholt · Chester Conklin

Synopsis Miner-turned-dentist McTeague wins young Trina Sieppe away from her cousin Marcus, McTeague's friend. When Trina wins five thousand dollars in a lottery, Marcus accuses McTeague of marrying her for her money. Trina becomes more and more obsessed with money, refusing...

Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast Laurence Olivier · Michael Caine · Alec Cawthorne · John Matthews

Synopsis In Sleuth (1972), a wealthy mystery novelist invites his wife's young lover to his secluded mansion under the guise of a friendly meeting. What begins as a psychological game of wits quickly escalates into a twisted battle of deception and...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast James Stewart · Kim Novak · Henry Jones · Barbara Bel Geddes

Synopsis San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson (James Stewart) develops a fear of heights and is forced to retire when a colleague falls to his death during a chase. An old college friend hires Scottie to watch his wife Madeleine (Kim...

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Jack Nicholson · Shelley Duvall · Danny Lloyd · Scatman Crothers

Synopsis Writer Jack Torrance takes a job as a winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in the remote Colorado mountains. He moves in, along with his wife Wendy and son Danny, in the hope that the isolation will cure his writer’s...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Erland Josephson · Bibi Andersson · Jan Malmsjö

Synopsis TV Miniseries (1973). 6 Episodes. Follows the relationship of Marianne and Johan as they separate, engage in extramarital affairs, bond, re-bond and eventually divorce. Their relationship continues after the divorce, it seems this is a couple that can't stay away...

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Bette Davis · Joan Crawford · Victor Buono · Wesley Addy

Synopsis What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) follows the chilling tale of two aging sisters, former Hollywood stars, living in isolation. Jane, a once-famous child performer, cares for her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche, a former movie star whose career eclipsed Jane's....

Direction Hiroshi Teshigahara

Cast Eiji Okada · Kyôko Kishida · Hiroko Ito · Hideo Kanze

Synopsis An entomologist looking for insects in the desert accepts locals' offer to stay with a widow whose house is at the bottom of a sandpit, accessible only by a rope ladder. But overnight, the ladder disappears and there's no way...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Erland Josephson · Bibi Andersson · Jan Malmsjö

Synopsis Follows the relationship of Marianne and Johan as they separate, engage in extramarital affairs, bond, re-bond and eventually divorce. Their relationship continues after the divorce, it seems this is a couple that can't stay away from each other, though they...

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Michiyo Aratama · Kei Sato · Minoru Chiaki

Synopsis Second World War. Forced to join the japanese army, Kaji is sent to Manchuria. There, he becomes friends with a soldier who sympathizes with communism. After a visit from his wife, Kaji is sent to the battlefield, from which many...

Direction David Fincher

Cast Edward Norton · Brad Pitt · Helena Bonham Carter · Meat Loaf

Synopsis In Fight Club (1999), a disillusioned office worker suffering from insomnia forms an unlikely friendship with a charismatic soap salesman. Together, they create an underground fight club as a way to escape their mundane lives and societal pressures. The club...

Direction Jean Eustache

Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud · Françoise Lebrun · Bernadette Lafont · Jean Douchet

Synopsis It focuses on three twentysomething Parisians in a bizarre love triangle: Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is a seemingly unemployed narcissist involved with both a live-in girlfriend (Bernadette Lafont) and a Polish nurse (Françoise Lebrun) whom he picked up at a café...

Direction Todd Phillips

Cast Joaquin Phoenix · Robert De Niro · Zazie Beetz · Frances Conroy

Synopsis In Joker (2019), Arthur Fleck, a struggling clown and aspiring comedian, navigates a decaying Gotham City plagued by societal neglect and economic disparity. Battling mental illness and isolation, Arthur's life spirals into chaos as he faces constant ridicule and mistreatment....

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Liv Ullmann · Lena Nyman · Halvar Björk

Synopsis Autumn Sonata (1978) follows the tense reunion of Eva, a reserved housewife, and her estranged mother Charlotte, a celebrated pianist. After years of separation, Charlotte visits Eva's remote home, where buried emotions and unresolved conflicts surface. Through intimate conversations, Eva...

Direction George Cukor

Cast Charles Boyer · Ingrid Bergman · Joseph Cotten · Dame May Whitty

Synopsis In Gaslight (1944), a young woman named Paula moves into her late aunt's London home with her charming new husband, Gregory. As time passes, Paula begins to experience strange occurrences: missing items, mysterious footsteps, and flickering gaslights. Gregory insists she's...

Direction Kyōhei Ishiguro

Synopsis TV Series (2014-2015). 1 season. 23 episodes. Arima Kousei is a former child prodigy who lost his ability to play the piano when his mother died. His daily life is monochrome, but it begins to gain colour when he meets...

Direction Nicholas Ray

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Gloria Grahame · Frank Lovejoy · Carl Benton Reid

Synopsis In a Lonely Place (1950) follows Dixon Steele, a troubled Hollywood screenwriter with a volatile temper, who becomes entangled in a murder investigation. When a young woman he briefly knew is killed, Steele is the prime suspect. His neighbor Laurel,...