Movies: Existentialism

The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful....

Rob Welling meets Kyle Fowst at his father's funeral and they quickly become friends yet Rob is troubled by the appearance of an enigmatic humming man leading them to discover a world hidden beyond the realms of reality where a monstrous cult work to...

He is called the 'Socrates of the North'. He is also called the forefather of existentialism: Sören Kierkegaard, born in Copenhagen in 1813. At the request of his father, he studied theology. He sees himself as a poet and philosopher, but always on a...

Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the case, at the same time Under the cold stars can hardly be considered a documentary: the microcosm on w...

An astronaut is detached from his space station, taken into an infinite drift throughout the universe. Freed from time and space, DRIFTER is confronted with the void. He takes a dive into the unknown, in search of the ultimate freedom....

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Two computer engineers are given a strange request by a monk: Compile all 9 billion names of god. One engineer discovers a strangeness regarding the entire situation....

Feelings of parental rights over the child, skepticism towards socially accepted relationships and the idea of individual freedom in the social-state sphere....

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

Following the sudden and tragic death of their younger sister, two young men must cope with their loss. But is there more to her death than what it seems?...

A suicidal twenty-something is dragged on a night out, by his party animal lodger, to cheer him up. What could possibly go wrong?...

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness....

Indulging in frivolous passions and contemplating the essence of being, a young woman reflects her feelings that seem to be doomed and rejuvenating at the same time....

a young timid boy who is doubtful about faith and religion is beaten by curiosity and ends up wandering into a peculiar church and encountering a celestial yet godlike girl....

A burning flame, black-and-white, opens Nasos Karabelas’ “Osmosis”, a philosophical piece on life, death, loneliness and nothingness. Nothingness, this absence, this lack of something, is a major force in Karabelas’ film. It’s disorienting, just like...

In a quiet garden where time feels suspended, a young dreamer with a broken watch and a plucked flower shares a bench, unknowingly sparking a quiet venture. Shepherded by an enigmatic individual, through time, mortality, and the fragility of life....

Minutes before leaving the floor that they have shared for years and ending their relationship, Gala and Marçal try to confront all those feelings that they have never been able to express....

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 can see, just not herself. One night she has a dream where she's offered a chance to finally see hers...

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

A man sits with his cat on a lonely day and calls the operator, asking if there is a number for God. Premiered on the BBC Culture Show and featured in The Animation Show Vol. 4....