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Poll: Directors Who Get Existential

A poll by joesiegel
These directors have touched on existential themes in a deep way in several of their films, giving interesting results that lead to intense reflections. Which of these directors has made you reflect the most on your life with their existentialist films?

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Results of 1,197 votes:

  1. 1.

    Terrence Malick

     
    Existentialist movies: Days of Heaven (1978) The Thin Red Line (1998) The New World (2005) The Tree of Life (2011) Knight of Cups (2015)
  2. 2.

    Stanley Kubrick

     
    Existentialist movies: Paths of Glory (1957) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  3. 3.

    Ingmar Bergman

     
    Existentialist Movies: The Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) Winter Light (1963) The Virgin Spring (1960) Shame (1968) Autumn Sonata (1978)
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