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Can we break free of deviance? | "Catch Me if You Can" (2002) d. Steven Spielberg

What does evolution have in store for modern man? | "Jurassic Park" (1993) d. Steven Spielberg

Can you outgrow evil? | "Forbidden Planet" (1956) d. Fred M. Wilcox

What does it take to be a real man? | "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986) d. Frank Oz

Is violence ever justifiable? | "Tyrannosaur" (2011) d. Paddy Considine

What is the truest form of love? | "Breaking the Waves" (1996) d. Lars von Trier

Does personal ambition have a limit? | "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (2011) d. Lynne Ramsay

Who triggers societal collapse? | "Escape from New York" (1981) d. John Carpenter

How can we get what we want? | "Groundhog Day" (1993) d. Harold Ramis

Does everything need to be solved? | "Under the Silver Lake" (2018) d. David Robert Mitchell

Where might overthinking lead us? | "The End of the Tour" (2015) d. James Ponsoldt

Who should we listen to? | "Donnie Darko" (2001) d. Richard Kelly

Are you The One? | "The Fisher King" (1991) d. Terry Gilliam

What is the participatory aspect of cinema and reality itself? | "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One" (1968) d. William Greaves w/ Bhenn Tonks

How do you overcome the alpha male? | "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004) d. Rawson Marshall Thurber

How might we respond to an uninspiring world? | "The Shining" (1980) d. Stanley Kubrick

What is the fate of the exceptional? | "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) d. Tim Burton

Do we truly see what we already have? | "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) d. Stanley Kubrick

Can a lot come from a little? | "Fantasia" (1940) d. Various

What is the paradoxical nature of rebellion? | "Patterns" (1956) d. Fielder Cook

Is happiness more available than most of us think? | "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) d. Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton

Is it possible to outrun a timeless sense of duty? | "The Wild Bunch" (1969) d. Sam Peckinpah

Are we getting too crazy? | "Bugonia" (2025) d. Yorgos Lanthimos

What are the vulnerabilities of democracy? | "Jaws" (1975) d. Steven Spielberg

What are the effects of modern discourse? | "Party Animal" (2025) d. Ali Gill w/ Ali Gill and Aimie Sullivan

Can worn-out relationships be renovated? | "Sentimental Value" (2025) d. Joachim Trier | LFF 2025 Special

Why do healthy relationships feel impossible to achieve? | "Possession" (1981) d. Andrzej Żuławski

What is the power of performed intellect? | "The Master" (2012) d. Paul Thomas Anderson

How might we liberate ourselves from oppressive regimes? | "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) d. Frank Darabont

How political are we qualified to be? | "Eddington" (2025) d. Ari Aster

Is there such a thing as dignified rebellion? | "Killer of Sheep" (1978) d. Charles Burnett

Will anyone ever understand your existential plight? | "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) d. Nicholas Ray

Why make art? | "Sideways" (2004) d. Alexander Payne

How deep can human connections go? | "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991) d. Krzysztof Kieślowski

Is trust between people doomed in a world of imitations? | 'The Thing' (1982) d. John Carpenter

What is truly at stake in the cinema? | 'Babylon' (2022) d. Damien Chazelle

How should we view claims to innocence? | 'The White Ribbon' (2009) d. Michael Haneke

How can we know when to speak the truth? | "On the Waterfront" (1954) d. Elia Kazan

What is the ultimate consequence of integrating the shadow? | "Youth in Revolt" (2009) d. Miguel Arteta

Are there stages of true toughness? | "Good Will Hunting" (1997) d. Gus Van Sant

What does criticism look like in a postmodern world? | 'Ratatouille' (2007) d. Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava

Are we content with our treatment of beauty? | "Parthenope" (2024) d. Paolo Sorrentino

How available are our deepest emotions? | "American Beauty" (1999) d. Sam Mendes

How should we navigate subjective experience in a world of "objects"? | "Withnail & I" (1987) d. Bruce Robinson

What might be the antidote to fascism? | "Hot Fuzz" (2007) d. Edgar Wright

How are we to make sense of artistic ambition? | "Paterson" (2016) d. Jim Jarmusch

What does it mean to give our true selves to those we love? | "Wings of Desire" (1987) d. Wim Wenders

Are we on track to see the end of cinema? | "The Second Act" (2024) d. Quentin Dupieux

How dangerous is the romanticisation of modern life? | "The End" (2024) d. Joshua Oppenheimer

How might a simple life constrain us more than we think? | "Pather Panchali" (1955) d. Satyajit Ray

What is the value of privacy? | "The Conversation" (1974) d. Francis Ford Coppola

What does noble desire look like? | "Malena" (2000) d. Giuseppe Tornatore

Why should we care about the end of humanity? | "On the Beach" (1959) d. Stanley Kramer

How far away are we from transformative experiences? | "Night on Earth" (1991) d. Jim Jarmusch

Does anyone have chance at a decent life? | "Stand By Me" (1986) d. Rob Reiner

What kinds of people should we open up to? | "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945) d. John M. Stahl

What does a true commitment to science really look like? | "I Origins" (2014) d. Mike Cahill

'Big Fish' (2003) d. Tim Burton

'The Innocents' (1961) d. Jack Clayton

'A Complete Unknown' (2024) d. James Mangold

'The Day of the Beast' (1995) d. Álex de la Iglesia

'Bad Santa' (2003) d. Terry Zwigoff w/ Eddie Bernasconi

'Anora' (2024) d. Sean Baker w/ Henry Bretz

'The Remains of the Day' (1993) d. James Ivory w/ Christopher Smol

'Like My Brother' (2024) d. Sal Balharrie w/ Archie Chew

'Joker: Folie à Deux' (2024) d. Todd Phillips

Special Early Release - 'Halloween' (1978) d. John Carpenter w/ Matthew T. Price

'Trainspotting' (1996) d. Danny Boyle

'A Real Pain' (2024) d. Jesse Eisenberg

'When the Wind Blows' (1986) d. Jimmy T. Murakami

'Watership Down' (1978) d. Martin Rosen & John Hubley

'The Leopard' (1963) d. Luchino Visconti

'Amadeus' (1984) d. Miloš Forman

'The Browning Version' (1951) d. Anthony Asquith

'2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968) d. Stanley Kubrick

'The Purple Rose of Cairo' (1985) d. Woody Allen

The Formidable-Facing Feminine - 'The Birds' (1963) d. Alfred Hitchcock, 'Contact' (1997) d. Robert Zemeckis & 'Twisters' (2024) d. Lee Isaac Chung

F(eminine) B(udding) I(nvestigator)s - 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) d. Jonathan Demme, 'Wind River' (2017) d. Taylor Sheridan & 'Longlegs' (2024) d. Oz Perkins

Adult Entertainers - 'Showgirls' (1995) d. Paul Verhoeven, 'Boogie Nights' (1997) d. Paul Thomas Anderson & 'MaXXXine' (2024) d. Ti West

Dreams - 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) d. Victor Fleming & King Vidor, 'Waking Life' (2001) d. Richard Linklater & 'Kinds of Kindness' (2024) d. Yorgos Lanthimos

Modern Japan - 'Tokyo Story' (1953) d. Yasujirô Ozu, 'Sans Soleil' (1983) d. Chris Marker & 'Godzilla Minus One' (2023) d. Takashi Yamazaki

Primates - 'King Kong' (1933) d. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 'Twelve Monkeys' (1995) d. Terry Gilliam & 'Sasquatch Sunset' (2024) d. David Zellner & Nathan Zellner

Buried Treasure - 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948) d. John Huston, 'National Treasure' (2004) d. Jon Turteltaub & 'La Chimera' (2023) d. Alice Rohrwacher

Seductive Alter Egos - 'The Nutty Professor' (1963) d. Jerry Lewis, 'The Mask' (1994) d. Chuck Russell & 'Hit Man' (2024) d. Richard Linklater

Avenging the Feminine - 'Lady Snowblood' (1973) d. Toshiya Fujita, 'Irreversible' (2002) d. Gaspar Noé & 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' (2024) d. George Miller

Clingers - 'Play Misty for Me' (1971) d. Clint Eastwood, 'The Cable Guy' (1996) d. Ben Stiller & 'The Piano Teacher' (2001) d. Michael Haneke

Private Investigators - 'The Long Goodbye' (1973) d. Robert Altman, 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' (1994) d. Tom Shadyac & 'I Heart Huckabees' (2004) d. David O. Russell

Side-Switchers - 'The Bridges of Madison County' (1995) d. Clint Eastwood, 'Match Point' (2005) d. Woody Allen, 'Challengers' (2024) d. Luca Guadagnino

Shooting Violence - 'Peeping Tom' (1960) d. Michael Powell, 'Nightcrawler' (2014) d. Dan Gilroy & 'Civil War' (2024) d. Alex Garland

Bohemian Triangles - 'Jules and Jim' (1962) d. François Truffaut, 'The Dreamers' (2003) d. Bernardo Bertolucci & 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' (2008) d. Woody Allen

All Roads Lead to Rome - 'Rome, Open City' (1945) d. Roberto Rossellini, 'La Dolce Vita' (1960) d. Federico Fellini & 'Il Divo' (2008) d. Paolo Sorrentino

Missing Persons - 'The Vanishing' (1988) d. George Sluizer, 'Prisoners' (2013) d. Denis Villeneuve & 'The Sweet East' (2023) d. Sean Price Williams

Accidental Love Bots - 'Metropolis' (1927) d. Fritz Lang, 'Her' (2013) d. Spike Jonze & 'Robot Dreams' (2023) d. Pablo Berger

Monsters in the Forest - 'Predator' (1987) d. John McTiernan, 'Monsters' (2010) d. Gareth Edwards & 'Monster' (2023) d. Kore-eda Hirokazu

Kidnapped - 'The Searchers' (1956) d. John Ford, 'Funny Games' (1997/2007) d. Michael Haneke & 'Gone Baby Gone' (2007) d. Ben Affleck

Heroes in the Sand - 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962) d. David Lean, 'Black Hawk Down' (2001) d. Ridley Scott & 'Dune: Part Two' (2024) d. Denis Villeneuve

Limited Resources - 'Modern Times' (1936) d. Charles Chaplin, 'Cléo from 5 to 7' (1962) d. Agnès Varda & 'Perfect Days' (2023) d. Wim Wenders

Suffocating Authority - 'Rope' (1948) d. Alfred Hitchcock, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) d. Milos Forman & 'The Iron Claw' (2023) d. Sean Durkin

Fictitious Figures - 'Meet John Doe' (1941) d. Frank Capra, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1999) d. Anthony Minghella & 'American Fiction' (2023) d. Cord Jefferson

Under the Wing - 'The Last Detail' (1973) d. Hal Ashby, 'Malcolm' (1986) d. Nadia Tass & 'The Holdovers' (2023) d. Alexander Payne

Motherhood Now - 'The End We Start From' (2023) d. Mahalia Belo, 'Poor Things' (2023) d. Yorgos Lanthimos & 'The Boy and the Heron' (2023) d. Hayao Miyazaki

Fight For Your Life - 'A Matter of Life and Death' (1946) d. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 'A Hidden Life' (2019) d. Terrence Malick & 'One Life' (2023) d. James Hawes

Salvation by Sedation - 'Life is Beautiful' (1997) d. Roberto Benigni, 'Shutter Island' (2010) d. Martin Scorsese & 'Leave the World Behind' (2023) d. Sam Esmail

Final Solutions - 'Toy Story' (1995) d. John Lasseter, 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009) d. Quentin Tarantino, 'How to Have Sex' (2023) d. Molly Manning Walker

Delayed Anonymous Romance - 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin' (2005) d. Judd Apatow, 'Last Tango in Paris' (1972) d. Bernardo Bertolucci & 'Fallen Leaves' (2023) d. Aki Kaurismäki

Napoleonic Weakness - 'Napoleon Dynamite' (2004) d. Jared Hess, 'Napoleon' (2023) d. Ridley Scott & 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1951) d. Elia Kazan

Eat the Rich - 'Delicatessen' (1991) d. Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' (1972) d. Luis Buñuel & 'Saltburn' (2023) d. Emerald Fennell

Ends of Eras - 'Falling Down' (1993) d. Joel Schumacher, 'Anatomy of a Fall' (2023) d. Justine Triet & 'The Last Emperor' (1987) d. Bernardo Bertolucci

Been There, Done That - 'The Worst Person in the World' (2021) d. Joachim Trier, 'Passages' (2023) d. Ira Sachs & 'The Great Beauty' (2013) d. Paolo Sorrentino

Romantic - 'Bright Star' (2009) d. Jane Campion, 'Grizzly Man' (2005) d. Werner Herzog & ' Before Midnight' (2013) d. Richard Linklater

Heroes of the Past - 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023) d. Martin Scorsese, 'Akira' (1988) d. Katsuhiro Otomo & 'The Manchurian Candidate' (1962) d. John Frankenheimer

Pair Bonding - 'Nebraska' (2013) d. Alexander Payne, 'Thelma & Louise' (1991) d. Ridley Scott & 'Before Sunset' (2004) d. Richard Linklater

No Man Is an Island (LFF/Radiothon Special) - 'The Bikeriders' (2023) d. Jeff Nichols, 'Maestro' (2023) d. Bradley Cooper & 'The Killer' (2023) d. David Fincher

Realising the Fantasy - 'La La Land' (2016) d. Damien Chazelle

Lost Love - 'Brief Encounter' (1945) d. David Lean, 'Past Lives' (2023) d. Celine Song & 'Casablanca' (1942) d. Michael Curtiz

From Naught to Naughty - 'Talk to Me' (2022) d. Danny and Michael Philippou, 'Kids' (1995) d. Larry Clark & 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' (1982) d. Steven Spielberg

Alien Encounters - 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977) d. Steven Spielberg, 'Godland' (2022) d. Hlynur Pálmason & 'Asteroid City' (2023) d. Wes Anderson

About Parents - 'About My Father' (2023) d. Laura Terruso, 'All About My Mother' (1999) d. Pedro Almodóvar & 'About Time' (2013) d. Richard Curtis

Barbenheimer (Special Early Episode) - 'Barbie' (2023) d. Greta Gerwig, 'Oppenheimer' (2023) d. Christopher Nolan & 'Melancholia' (2011) d. Lars von Trier

Politics on the Plain - 'Sweet Home Alabama' (2002) d. Andy Tennant, 'Alcarràs' (2022) d. Carla Simón & Sonia Castelo & 'Blazing Saddles' (1974) d. Mel Brooks

Excavating Germans - 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' (2023) d. James Mangold, 'Blind Spot' (1981) d. Claudia von Alemann & 'The Tin Drum' (1979) d. Volker Schlöndorff

The Love Horse - 'American Pie' (1999) d. Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, 'No Hard Feelings' (2023) d. Gene Stupnitsky & 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (2004) d. Michel Gondry

Honour Thy Family - 'Omen' (2023) d. Baloji, 'You Hurt My Feelings' (2023) d. Nicole Holofcener & 'Ordinary People' (1980) d. Robert Redford

The Multiverse, NY - 'Annie Hall' (1977) d. Woody Allen, 'Synecdoche, New York' (2008) d. Charlie Kaufman & 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' (2023) d. J. Dos Santos, K. Powers & J. K. Thompson

The Church of Sport - 'Any Given Sunday' (1999) d. Oliver Stone, 'Raging Bull' (1980) d. Martin Scorsese & 'Moneyball' (2011) d. Bennett Miller

The Monstrous Feminine - 'Shrek' (2001) d. Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, 'Monster' (2003) d. Patty Jenkins & 'Saint Omer' (2022) d. Alice Diop

Masculine Cowardice - 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' (2007) d. Andrew Dominik, 'Beau is Afraid' (2023) d. Ari Aster & 'Nocturnal Animals' (2016) d. Tom Ford

Senses of Security - 'November' (2022) d. Cédric Jimenez, 'Children of Men' (2006) d. Alfonso Cuarón & 'Ex Machina' (2014) d. Alex Garland

The Simulate 90s - 'Dark City' (1998) d. Alex Proyas, 'The Matrix' (1999) d. the Wachowski Sisters & 'The Thirteenth Floor' (1999) d. Josef Rusnak

Lifting Off - 'Gattaca' (1997) d. Andrew Niccol, 'Sunshine' (2007) d. Danny Boyle & 'Interstellar' (2014) d. Christopher Nolan

The Dance of Romance - 'Dirty Dancing' (1987) d. Emile Ardolino, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953) d. Howard Hawks & 'Pearl' (2022) d. Ti West

The Seeds of War - 'City of God' (2002) d. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (2022) d. Edward Berger & 'Wag the Dog' (1997) d. Barry Levinson

The Enemy Within - 'Face/Off' (1997) d. John Woo, 'To Leslie' (2022) d. Michael Morris & 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (1964) d. Stanley Kubrick

Princes, Prowlers and Progenitrices - 'Harold and Maude' (1971) d. Hal Ashby, 'Empire of Light' (2022) d. Sam Mendes & 'In the Bedroom' (2001) d. Todd Field

Princesses, Predators and Protectors - 'Leon' (1994) d. Luc Besson, 'An Education' (2009) d. Lone Scherfig & 'Aftersun' (2022) d. Charlotte Wells

Consolidating Competence - 'Tár' (2022) d. Todd Field, 'Being There' (1979) d. Hal Ashby & 'Armaggedon' (1998) d. Michael Bay

Coming of Age at Work - 'Caddyshack' (1980) d. Harold Ramis, 'Mystic Pizza' (1988) d. Donald Petrie & 'Adventureland' (2009) d. Greg Mottola

The Roaring (20)20s - 'Babylon' (2022) d. Damien Chazelle, 'The Whale' (2022) d. Darren Aronofsky & 'Triangle of Sadness' (2022) d. Ruben Östlund

Listening to Your Conscience - 'Pinocchio' (2022) d. Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson, 'Heathers' (1988) d. Michael Lehmann & 'Donnie Darko' (2001) d. Richard Kelly

Going Undercover - 'Mean Girls' (2004) d. Mark Waters, 'The Departed' d. Martin Scorsese & 'Le Doulos' (1962) d. Jean-Pierre Melville

21st Century Vigilance - 'Saw' (2004) d. James Wan, 'V for Vendetta' (2005) d. James McTeigue & 'The Dark Knight' (2008) d. Christopher Nolan

Containing the Year - 'The Apartment' (1960) d. Billy Wilder, 'My Night at Maud's' (1969) d. Éric Rohmer & 'When Harry Met Sally' (1989) d. Rob Reiner

Russia, Part II - 'Battleship Potemkin' (1925) d. Sergei Eisenstein, 'Mirror' (1975) d. Andrei Tarkovsky & 'The Sacrifice' (1986) d. Andrei Tarkovsky

Russia, Part I - 'Kompromat' (2022) d. Jérôme Salle, 'Andrei Rublev' (1966) d. Andrei Tarkovsky & 'Ivan the Terrible Parts, I & II' d. Sergei Eisenstein

Ruling Over the Dominion - 'Willow' (1988) d. Ron Howard, 'Margrete - Queen of the North' (2021) d. Charlotte Sieling & 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2012) d. Wes Anderson

Raising Hell, Raising Heaven - 'Hellraiser' (1987) d. Clive Barker, 'Armageddon Time' (2022) d. James Gray & 'Gladiator' (2000) d. Ridley Scott

The Home Ground Advantage - 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974) d. Tobe Hooper, 'Barbarian' (2022) d. Zach Cregger & 'Blood Diamond' (2006) d. Edward Zwick

College Boys - 'Old School' (2003) d. Todd Phillips, 'Liberal Arts' (2012) d. Josh Radnor & 'Brad's Status' (2017) d. Mike White

Blending Art Forms w/ Terry Zwigoff - 'Louie Bluie' (1985), 'Crumb' (1994), 'Ghost World' (2001), 'Bad Santa' (2004) & 'Art School Confidential' (2006)

Secular Faith - 'The Hunt' (2012) d. Thomas Vinterberg, 'Ghost World' (2001) d. Terry Zwigoff & 'Sideways' (2004) d. Alexander Payne

Intro to Infidelity - 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1946) d. Tay Garnett, 'Closer' (2004) d. Mike Nichols & 'Both Sides of the Blade' (2022) d. Claire Denis

Double-Edged Talent - 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' (1962) d. Robert Aldrich, 'All About Eve' (1950) d. Joseph L. Mankiewicz & 'The Pianist' (2002) d. Roman Polanski

(K)nowhere to Look - 'Nope' (2022) d. Jordan Peele, 'Don't Look Up' (2021) d. Adam McKay & 'Network' (1976) d. Sidney Lumet

Middle Eastern Cinema w/ Sarah Barrie - 'About Elly' (2009) d. Asghar Farhadi, 'Women Without Men' (2009) d. Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari & 'Incendies (2010) d. Denis Villeneuve

Enemies of the State - 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967), 'The Conference' (2022) & 'The People vs. Larry Flynt' (1996)

Existopmotionalism - 'Anomalisa' (2015), 'Harvie Krumpet' (2003) & '$9.99' (2008)

Stressful Sequences - 'After Hours' (1985), 'Uncut Gems' (2019) & 'Full Time' (2021)

The Turning Tides in Taiwanese Cinema w/ Benson Wu, Helen Stenbeck & Yi-Tsun Chen - 'Homebound' (2022), 'Goddamned Asura' (2021) & 'Yi Yi' (2000)

The Odyssey of Brotherhood - 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000), 'About Schmidt' (2002) & 'The Straight Story' (1999)

Descendants and Ancestors - 'Hereditary' (2018), 'Once Were Warriors' (1994) & 'The Descendants' (2011)

Decisiveness, Discipline and Dexter - 'Cold War' (2018), 'Whiplash' (2014) & ''Round Midnight' (1986)

Weeping Widows - 'Midsommar' (2019), 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' (1974) & 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' (2022)

Blow-ins, Bravado & Beliefs - 'Straw Dogs' (1971), 'Wake in Fright' (1971) & 'The Wicker Man' (1973)

Killers - 'Snowtown' (2011), 'Killer Joe' (2011) & 'Sling Blade' (1996)

Boys Gone Wild - 'Taxi Driver' (1976), 'La Haine' (1995) & 'This Sporting Life' (1963)

Eliminating the Enemy - 'Dial M for Murder' (1954), 'Zulu' (1964) & 'Suspiria' (1977)

Rosebud - 'Citizen Kane' (1941), 'Midnight in Paris' (2011) & 'Be Kind Rewind' (2008)

Making Fun of Actors - 'Tropic Thunder' (2008), 'Waiting for Guffman' (1996) & 'Team America' (2004)

Scary Stalkers II: The Final Girl - 'Scream' (1996), 'It Follows' (2014) & 'X' (2022)

Modern Relationships - 'The Last Days of Disco' (1998), 'The Virgin Suicides' (1999) & 'Licorice Pizza' (2021)

Divergent Roads - 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (1997), 'Force Majeure' (2014) & 'The Daytrippers' (1997)

Sex, Desire and Videotape - 'To Die For' (1995), 'Crash' (1996) & 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' (1989)

The Dark Side of Fatherhood - 'Dogtooth' (2009), 'Take Shelter' (2011) & 'Distant Voices, Still Lives' (1988)

Scary Stalkers - 'Halloween' (1978), 'Friday the 13th' (1980) & 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)

World War II - 'The Thin Red Line' (1998), 'Das Boot' (1981) & 'Schindler's List' (1993)

The Power of Nature in the Films of Peter Weir - 'The Cars That Ate Paris' (1974), 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (1975), 'The Mosquito Coast' (1986), 'Master and Commander' (2003) & 'The Way Back' (2010)

Maturity in the Films of Sean Baker - 'Starlet' (2012), 'The Florida Project' (2017) & 'Red Rocket' (2021)

Modern Variations of Santa Claus - 'Die Hard' (1988), 'Bad Santa' (2003) & 'Krampus' (2015)

Prostitution - 'Vivre Sa Vie' (1962), 'Tangerine' (2015) & 'Nights of Cabiria' (1957)

The Ick - 'Contempt' (1963), 'The Fly' (1986) & 'Another Year' (2010)

The Power of Silence - 'Silence' (2016), 'Good Morning' (1959) & 'Lost in Translation' (2003)

Cyborgs - 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man' (1989), 'Aliens' (1986) & '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968)

Bodily Autonomy - 'Alien' (1979), 'Swallow' (2019) & 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1956)

Breaking Free - 'The Rock' (1996), 'Pickpocket' (1959) & 'Ace in the Hole' (1951)

Masks - 'Eyes Without a Face' (1960), 'Goodnight Mommy' (2014) & 'The Mask of Zorro' (1920)

Loving Powerful Women - 'Roman Holiday' (1953), 'Chocolat' (1983) & 'Notting HIll' (1999)

Young Love - 'Fish Tank' (2009), 'It Felt Like Love' (2013) & 'Pauline at the Beach' (1983)

Beauties & Beasts - 'Beauty and the Beast' (1946), 'The Beast' (1975) & 'The Babadook' (2014)

Werewolves - 'The Wolf Man' (1941), 'The Wolfman' (2010) & 'An American Werewolf in London' (1981)

Manhunting - 'Manhunter' (1986), 'The Fugitive' (1993) & 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' (1920)

Hollywood - 'Swingers' (1996), 'Under the Silver Lake' (2018) & 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019)

Men with Gravity - 'Fatal Attraction' (1987), 'Misery' (1990) & 'Cape Fear' (1991)

The Modern Quest - 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' (1972), 'Stalker' (1979) & 'Old Joy' (2006)

Female Victimhood - 'La Strada' (1954), 'Requiem for a Dream' (2000) & 'Rashomon' (1950)

Mortality - 'The Seventh Seal' (1957), 'The Fountain' (2006) & 'Ikiru' (1952)

The Duality of Man - 'Apocalypse Now' (1979), 'Persona' (1966) & 'Mulholland Drive' (2001)

Confronting Reality - 'The Truman Show' (1998), 'Come and See' (1985) & 'Blue Velvet' (1986)

Freedom and Relationships - 'The Piano' (1993), 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' (2019) & 'Phantom Thread' (2017)

Authority Figures - 'There Will Be Blood' (2007), 'Cabaret' (1972) & 'The Master' (2012)