Existentialism Movies

Sartre and Camus, the two most world-famous, 20th century, French writers, form a legendary and inseparable couple. The two extraordinary thinkers pro...

Jørgen Leth can squeeze poetry from a stone and wit from dust, and he can find love where the milk of human kindness runs dry. In a series of tableaux...

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 a...

Two lonely souls briefly connecting while on entirely different paths.

Life on a conveyor belt seems great for Sushi and his Topping friends. But as he begins to contemplate his existence, Sushi wonders if there’s more to...

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

At a cliff's edge, two rocks discuss the lives they left behind.

Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.

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

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

Troubled writer, Vincent, escapes to an isolated retreat, determined to complete his first novel. However, his solitude is short lived as a dark force...

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 question...

18 seniors living in retirement homes get the chance to go on a holiday to Greece. In addition to old age, many suffer from diseases such as dementia,...

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

Zoetrope is a haunting and surreal film set in an apocalyptic, decaying world. Based on Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”, a man is imprisoned for a...

A young screenwriter visits her sister for inspiration, a decision that brings only pain and disaster.

A group of animals living on a mysterious island try to overcome their personal traumas.