Here we've displayed a list of the best Existential Crisis films : The Double Life of Veronique(1991), Red Desert(1964), Stranger Than Fiction(2006), Grosse Pointe Blank(1997), Ecce Bombo(1978), Nobody Loves Me(1995), The Ninth Configuration(1980), Favourites of the Moon(1984), A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence(2014), The Tree of Life(2011), Model Shop(1969), When Night Is Falling(1995) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
France|Poland|Norway
1991
97 Minutes
Irène Jacob Philippe Volter Claude Duneton Guillaume De Tonquedec W?adys?aw Kowalski Halina Gryglaszewska Kalina Jedrusik Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Gudejko Janusz Sterninski Sandrine Dumas
beautiful woman singer doppelganger boyfriend puppeteer emotional fascinating france poland paris krakow, poland street apartment double life existential crisis aspirations performance romance identity discovery
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Drama
Italy|France
1964
116 Minutes
Monica Vitti Richard Harris Carlo Chionetti Xenia Valderi Rita Renoir Aldo Grotti Valerio Bartoleschi Giuliano Missirini Lili Rheims Emanuela Mino Carboni
wife husband old friend businessman son maid bleak profound emotional striking italy beach factory apartment shack town mental illness isolation nervous breakdown infidelity
In an industrial area, Giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
Comedy, Fantasy
USA|UK
2006
105 Minutes
Will Ferrell Maggie Gyllenhaal Dustin Hoffman Queen Latifah Emma Thompson Tony Hale Thomas Hulce Linda Hunt Eli Goodman Denise Hughes Jason Burke
auditor baker professor author assistant offbeat profound tender united states university meta film fate love existential crisis survival writing discovery escape transformation 2000s
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
Romance
USA
1997
107 Minutes
John Cusack Minnie Driver Dan Aykroyd Alan Arkin Joan Cusack Jeremy Piven Hank Azaria K. Todd Freeman Michael Cudlitz Benny Urquidez Mitchell Ryan
hit man secretary former lover psychiatrist rival amusing spirited dark michigan small town high school assassination love existential crisis reunion discovery transformation 1990s
Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
Comedy
Italy
1978
100 Minutes
Nanni Moretti Luisa Rossi Fabio Traversa Lina Sastri Glauco Mauri Susanna Javicoli
student mother father sister friend lover amusing dark calm rome apartment street aimless youth modernity society relationships politics existential crisis growing up quest
An ironic peak into the life of a group of Italian university students in the 1970s.
Romance
Germany
1995
104 Minutes
Maria Schrader Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss Michael von Au Elisabeth Trissenaar Ingo Naujoks Joachim Król Peggy Parnass Lorose Keller Anja Hoffmann
young woman artist neighbor amusing germany apartment building relationships search existential crisis love future
On the brink of her 30th birthday, Fanny feels the door to marital happiness closing up on her. She is obsessed with death, even visits evening classes on dying and so it seems fitting, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
108 Minutes
Stacy Keach Scott Wilson Ed Flanders Jason Miller Neville Brand George Di Cenzo Moses Gunn Robert Loggia Joe Spinell Alejandro Rey Tom Atkins
colonel captain psychiatrist astronaut mental patient cheeky quirky profound uneasy washington state mental institution castle post-traumatic stress disorder existential crisis faith disillusionment psychiatry insanity discovery fall
A former marine arrives at a mental asylum housed in a remote castle to run it. There he attempts to rehabilitate the patients by letting them act out their craziest fantasies and desires.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
France|Italy|Soviet Union
1984
101 Minutes
Katja Rupé Alix de Montaigu Francois Michel Jean-Pierre Beauviala Pascal Aubier Christiane Bailly Bernard Eisenschitz Hans Peter Cloos Maïté Nahyr Mathieu Amalric Laszlo Szabo
gunrunner burglar beautician detective terrorist teacher quirky amusing intricate paris apartment art gallery chance meeting infidelity love existential crisis absurdity life discovery transformation
Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Sweden|Germany|Norway|France|Denmark
2014
100 Minutes
Holger Andersson Nils Westblom Charlotta Larsson Viktor Gyllenberg Lotti Törnos Jonas Gerholm Ola Stensson Oscar Salomonsson Roger Olsen Likvern
salesman quirky outlandish human connection absurdity film loneliness boredom existential crisis
Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesman, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
Drama
USA
2011
138 Minutes
Brad Pitt Sean Penn Jessica Chastain Fiona Shaw Irene Bedard Jessica Fuselier Hunter McCracken Laramie Eppler Tye Sheridan
father mother son brother middle-aged man architect brooding emotional profound small town waco, texas household wilderness street childhood existential crisis nature memory family aging
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Drama
France|USA
1969
90 Minutes
Anouk Aimée Gary Lockwood Alexandra Hay Carol Cole Tom Holland Severn Darden Craig Littler
architect girlfriend model photographer mother brooding calm dark emotional los angeles photography studio car house existential crisis draft isolation unemployment affair photography quest
George is unemployed, broke, about to be drafted to Vietnam, and suddenly madly in love with the divine Lola, a woman he has only briefly glimpsed. Now George searches for his potential amour through the City of Angels.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
1995
94 Minutes
Pascale Bussières Rachael Crawford Henry Czerny David Fox Tracy Wright Don McKellar Clare Coulter Karyne Steben Sarah Steben
professor circus performer fiancée dean lover dog passionate emotional dreamy profound college classroom circus trailer toronto laundromat lesbianism existential crisis sexual identity tragic death
An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
Drama
USA
1957
129 Minutes
Tyrone Power Ava Gardner Errol Flynn Mel Ferrer Eddie Albert Gregory Ratoff Marcel Dalio Henry Daniell
reporter author seducer prostitute friend bullfighter somber passionate paris spain café disillusionment alcoholism existential crisis adventure forbidden love 1920s
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920s France and Spain.
Romance, Comedy
India
2009
151 Minutes
Salman Khan Katrina Kaif Ranbir Kapoor Asrani Upen Patel Jagdeep Darshan Jariwala Navneet Nishan Smita Jaykar Govind Namdeo Zakir Hussain
woman bus driver millionaire friend amusing heartwarming emotional lighthearted airy new york city california bus road road trip love existential crisis friendship love 1990s
The wacky adventures of a young man who is willing to sacrifice his own love to insure the happiness of others, and get the girl-of-his-dreams married to the boy-of-her-dreams.
Comedy
USA
2001
90 Minutes
Josh Kornbluth Josh Kornbluth Warren Keith Helen Shumaker Amy Resnick Brian Thorstenson June A. Lomena Sarah Overman
temp worker coworker boss offbeat hilarious playful san francisco office corporate office life existential crisis self-destruction commitment writing escape discovery 2000s
Josh has an offer to "go perm" at his employer and the first task is to mail 17 high priority letters....something that seems a little difficult to do.
Drama
USA
2010
87 Minutes
Dustin Ray Cody Ray Zoe Vance Sky Ferreira James Siebor Cathy Evans Virginia Heath Casey Weibust Drew Harris Marina Siebor
dead person sister brother cousin friend uncle emotional dark profound baltimore bar death loss existential crisis mourning family friendship discovery transformation quest
A young man's untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss.
Comedy
USA
2000
102 Minutes
Liam Neeson Oliver Platt Sandra Bullock Jose Zuniga Richard Schiff Andrew Lauer Mitch Pileggi Paul Ben-Victor Mary McCormack Frank Vincent Gregg Daniel
undercover agent mafia boss therapist nurse patient friend lighthearted emotional suspenseful city office group therapy organized crime paranoia betrayal existential crisis new age movement recovery discovery love
An undercover DEA agent brings down the Mafia.
Drama, Romance
USA
2015
110 Minutes
Hunter Parrish Ashley Hinshaw Tim Daly Jonathan Togo Nana Visitor Victor Slezak Quincy Chad Owen Drake
cook woman financier gripping melodramatic profound restaurant atlantic city, n.j. hurricane destruction restaurant risk existential crisis money love sacrifice metamorphosis 2010s
An inspirational story of redemption, A Rising Tide tells the tale of a young chef, Sam Rama (Hunter Parrish). After the destruction of his family's well-established Atlantic City ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1971
96 Minutes
Lee Remick Richard Attenborough Ian Holm Claire Bloom Clive Revill Jennie Linden Ann Firbank Rosamund Greenwood Constance Lorne
professor psychiatrist womanizer sister wife mistress intricate passionate winsome england household abandonment adultery existential crisis secret morality wretched excess forbidden love revenge 1960s
The wine taster and merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon is married to the shallow and spoiled Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, and loves his mistress Georgie Hands. Antonia is under therapy with Martin's ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical
India
2016
141 Minutes
Sidharth Malhotra Katrina Kaif Sayani Gupta Kirti Adarkar Sagar Arya Taaha Shah Badusha Norman Bowman Jodi Brown
mathematician artist fiancé fiancée airy emotional melodramatic intense heartwarming india marriage wedding existential crisis bollywood future love metamorphosis discovery temptation 2010s
The highs and lows of a romantic relationship are examined through flashbacks and flash-forwards.
Drama
USA
2007
84 Minutes
Jason Lew Joan Chen Sonja Kinski John Fleck
son mother love interest father stranger offbeat engaging brooding los angeles apartment park restaurant father figure mother/son relationship strange behavior oedipus complex search existential crisis pursuit discovery
In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Sweden|USA|Poland|Spain
2020
85 Minutes
Javier Bardem Elle Fanning Salma Hayek Branka Katic Laura Linney Milena Tscharntke Aaron Joshua Griffin Stevens
father daughter emotional passionate dense intense uneasy touching new york city mental breakdown hallucinations alternate reality existential crisis fall love growing up discovery transformation rise 2010s
A day in the life of Leo and his daughter, Molly, as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Denmark|Norway|Germany
2019
90 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Tuva Novotny Jan Bijvoet Sonja Richter Robert Aramayo Johanna Wokalek Solbjørg Højfeldt Kaya Wilkins Slimane Dazi Vibeke Hastrup Anders Mossling
insurance broker married man woman depressed person bleak somber brooding emotional raw hotel resort lake medical building house office existential crisis disappearance assisted suicide life death
We follow Max, who in the midst of an existential crisis and looking to solve a cold case checks into the clandestine Hotel Aurora. A unique secretive facility that specializes in elaborate assisted suicide fantasies. His investigation uncovers a disturbing truth that forces Max to question the very nature of life, death and his own perception of reality.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Patricia Clarkson Jacki Weaver James Caan Toby Jones Mamie Gummer Yolonda Ross Aaron Tveit Jonathan Majors Bri Collins Gary Grubbs
detective astrophysicist murder suspect murder victim intricate fascinating tense emotional incredible police station crime scene fire escape office reality murder investigation mysterious deaths astrophysics existential crisis mystery adventure
When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
88 Minutes
Andrew Kinsler Peter McCrohon
creature scientist tense frightening confinement dysfunction lost love alienation existential crisis hard times future
A lone scientist maintains an underground bunker for the coming global nuclear disaster. But after becoming prematurely isolated, he slowly begins to question his own reality and whether he... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
2011
82 Minutes
Jonathan Togo Daniel Bollag Pascal Yen-Pfister Emily Baldoni Kelly Baugher Bob Adrian Danny Alexander Ed Asner Bern Cohen Victoria Haynes Giuseppe Jones
evil twin identical twin twin brother love interest romantic interest woman single woman engaging frightening intense shocking suspenseful tense united states new york new york city brooklyn bridge good versus evil good vs. evil
Identical brothers deeply resent each nother -- one is good and one is evil. They fall in love with the same woman, and a love triangle begins, which leads to murder.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
107 Minutes
Jon Voight Jacqueline Bisset Martin Ritt Robert Shaw Gabriele Ferzetti Donald Sutherland Helmut Qualtinger Rita Calderoni
police detective partner industrialist beautiful woman bodyguard emotional tense switzerland police station bridge investigation murder justice existential crisis illness revenge pursuit discovery 1970s
A dying Swiss police inspector (Martin Ritt) uses his assistant (Jon Voight) and a woman (Jacqueline Bisset) to nab his longtime nemesis for murder.
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
2008
88 Minutes
elephant who mayor kangaroo vulture amusing charming inspiring jungle whoville existential crisis animals imagination preservation helping others discovery rescue unknown era
Horton the elephant's friends and neighbors think he has gone crazy when he claims that a tiny community lives on a speck of dust.
Mystery & Thriller
2018
90 Minutes
Joanne Kelly Shaun Benson Genelle Williams Alysa King Sean Tucker Kate McIninch Stéphanie Breton Michael Daniel Murphy Kent McQuaid Fred Nguyen
young woman business woman doctor evil doctor brooding profound suspenseful intense melodramatic emotional doctor's office hospital fear corruption power play existential crisis temptation adventure discovery rise
A highly successful and driven businesswoman is blindsided by a crippling illness. Enter Dr. Mark Ryan, a corrupt doctor who sees her illness as a means to fuel his own ambitions.