It’s a bit hard to describe but I felt like both had moments of spiraling confusion with the protagonist watching their worlds fall apart around them that I found really captivating.
I’m trying to think of other examples but The Fall and The Father are ones that came to mind. They are both fantastic films I’d highly recommend.
frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com mentioned mother! (2017) which was the other example that was on the tip of my tongue.
Yeah sorry it’s a bit hard to explain especially if you haven’t seen them. I don’t feel like I have a good enough cinematic vocabulary to explain it properly.
It’s a bit of layered theme. Confusion is at its core but so is despair and helplessness. Movies like The Thing and Falling Down are good examples of people’s lives falling apart but they don’t really feel as hopeless or confused almost verging on chaos. Their lives are falling into a different kind of disarray I’d say.
I’ll check out some of your recommendations though. I don’t think I’ve seen the first two but I have seen The Autopsy of Jane Doe.
Those first three definitely have confusion and hopelessness, let me think.
Oldboy 2003 of course. Exciting, but hopelessness and confusion are the name of the game there.
Oh the Wicker Man 1973!
Antichrist(2009)
The void(2016) certainly does hopelessness well, but it might be too weird and thriller
Creep 2014, but I might just be recommending good movies at this point haha. Another single day movie, but things really fall apart.
Thanks! I’ve been meaning check out The Wicker Man. I have another reason to do so.