Sightlines · a concept

symptom

a behavior betraying a buried originary impulse.

On screen: acts that read as symptoms of a hidden drive.

118 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary

Across the collection

Häxan1922Nosferatu1922Greed1924Pandora's Box1929L'Âge d'or1930The Blue Angel1930M1931Freaks1932Scarface1932Modern Times1936Orphan's Picnic1936Obsession1943Shadow of a Doubt1943Brighton Rock1948Drunken Angel1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948White Heat1949Gun Crazy1950The Asphalt Jungle1950The Young and the Damned1950Winchester '731950A Streetcar Named Desire1951Gate of Hell1953Johnny Guitar1954The Big Combo1955The Man with the Golden Arm1955The Night of the Hunter1955Forbidden Planet1956Written on the Wind1956Pickpocket1959Peeping Tom1960The Little Shop of Horrors1960The Exterminating Angel1962Viridiana1962Shock Corridor1963Diary of a Chambermaid1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964Onibaba1964Repulsion1965Django1966The Sword of Doom1966Wake in Fright1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971Frenzy1972The Exorcist1973The Night Porter1974In the Realm of the Senses1976Taxi Driver1976Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977The Brood1979Woyzeck1979Kisapmata1981Modern Romance1981The Postman Always Rings Twice1981Scarface1983The Fly1986Fatal Attraction1987Drugstore Cowboy1989Leviathan1989Sweetie1989Cape Fear1991Life Is Sweet1991Bad Lieutenant1992Damage1992Cronos1993Menace II Society1993Chungking Express1994Léon: The Professional1994Once Were Warriors1994Shallow Grave1994Crumb1995Kids1995Crash1996Deep Crimson1996Shine1996Insomnia1997Nil by Mouth1997Happiness1998Hannibal2001Ichi the Killer2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002Monster2003The Aviator2004The Machinist2004The Squid and the Whale2005Casino Royale2006Destiny200628 Weeks Later2007The Darjeeling Limited2007There Will Be Blood2007Burn After Reading2008Antichrist2009Fantastic Mr. Fox2009Iron Man 22010Shame2011The Master2012Evil Dead2013As Above, So Below2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014The Babadook2014Asura: The City of Madness2016The Witch2016It2017Raw2017Tumbbad2018The Lighthouse2019Uncut Gems2019All the Bright Places2020Fear Street: 19782021The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023The Substance2024Bring Her Back2025No Other Choice2025Sore: A Wife from the Future2025Evil Dead Burn2026Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026The Drama2026