Existentialism Movies

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...

A constant journey from outer space to a town in Norway, where we encounter small pieces of people’s lives.

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

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...

A four-hour French comedy that masterfully blends absurdist humor with the profound existential philosophy of Albert Camus.

An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to...

It’s 3 AM, the neon is buzzing, and nobody's where they thought they’d be. In the restless late hours of Miami, nine characters stumble...

Sometime in the near future within a place of rot and wasted dreams, four men come looking for the Hall of Wishes within the contaminated zone of...

The film is about a filmmaker who is trying to make a better film. They are trying to make decisions with fun rather than stress. They are also...

An existentialist conversation divided in chapters between the animated alter ego of the author and two alien creatures that represent future...

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

Matī Kütt’s experimental short animation plunges into the subconscious of a sick society. Through abstract, painted-on-film...

The utterings of a faceless narrator are intercut with the tale of an estranged woodland inhabitant, who makes a peculiar discovery.

In an abandoned, timeless government archive, an unprecedented case is opened: the trial of "The Future" on charges of existential fraud against...

A young dictator awakens in purgatory, where he encounters a mysterious, nearly blind old man who also turns out to be a dictator. Trapped in a...

experimental piece exploring existentialism, time, age and space

This J.G. Ballard documentary assembles decades of interviews and archival material to paint a striking portrait of one of the most imaginative and...

a man awakens in a strange and dreamlike afterlife with no memory of who he was or how he arrived. Guided by a mysterious voice and fragmented...