Symbolism Movies

The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is the author of a powerful body of work that is rooted in symbolism and expressionism. His most famous painting,...

In a decaying house, various mystical and chaotic figures live together and roam the endless corridors with a mysterious purpose until the cycle is...

Aurora, a young woman who is part of a religious sect with her mother, doubts the veracity of the words of Bernabé, the leader, and seeks a...

A staged cinematic parable, it presents in symbolic images a painful diagnosis of Poles' sense of identity in the 1970s.

In Occupied Athens, a German woman, the wife of a Greek officer, falls in love with a teenage Jewish ice vendor. Love becomes fate: the woman dies...

Living in a small rural town, with little available emotional help around her, a young woman returns for a visit to her therapist. She finally...

Located in former West Berlin, Tempelhof Airport reflects the dramatic history of the 20th century. Once a Nazi showpiece, it later became a symbol...

A man who is fascinated with patterns and symbols discovers his one true path to enlightenment.

This documentary interweaves films and voice recordings by Maya Deren with interviews featuring colleagues and contemporaries who worked with or knew...

This compelling film represents a rare record of an original genius. In Jung on Film, the pioneering psychologist tells us about his collaboration...

Ambitious Madleen and carefree creative spirit Hugo embark on a symbolic journey up the mountain of success, exposing the tension between societal...

A lyrical story about love and death, realized as a message.

A man breaks into people's houses at night and observes them, without stealing or violating anything. He simply looks, putting himself in their...

Flor is a woman who suffers from anxiety, depression and agoraphobia, and who is secluded in her apartment for reasons beyond her control. To...

A young man, alone in his room, is visited by a mysterious voice, who forces him to reveal the murder he committed.

Seven colors are assigned to eat the food of their own color. They don't question it, until one of them wants to take a different path.

A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.

An artist, surrounded by the mess in her studio, struggles with frustration as she tries to find inspiration for her new painting.

When she waited impatiently for him, he never showed up for their date. He can't tell time; he's a fish out of water.