Existentialism Movies

A short, abstract look at the effects of repetition on the human mind.

As the months pass through her, Mai gives us a glimpse into old age that explores between being abandoned and being belonged, passing the time and...

Jean, in his fifties, has lost his lust for life. He leaves Canada for a faraway country, somewhere in Europe. A beautiful place to end his days, he...

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...

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

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...

Short animation by Mati Kütt

A man who feels paralysed by choice is sent into an existential spiral after finding a mysterious tape player that can tell the future.

Frank, an introspective astrophysics major, visits a remote lab to work with his mentor; doctor Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that Helen; a...

A woman in her thirties who wanted more of life jumps into an extramarital affair, only to lose her husband, her job, and finally her lover as well....

A young man, in the midst of an existential crisis, goes to his uncle for help.

Two kids entangled in the pursuit of young love find themselves colliding with the life of a woman experiencing a crisis.

A man causes a public disturbance, policemen intervene.

A young adult has an existential crisis among his friends.

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...

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

A lost and disillusioned film director finds himself stuck in creative limbo. A way out presents itself in the form of a peculiar film project.