Movies: Symbolism

In a town where everyone is planning to leave, a young boy sees a shooting star as his ticket to escape. As he spends his final hours with his little sister, he decides to take her with him, no matter the cost....

This compelling film represents a rare record of an original genius. In Jung on Film, the pioneering psychologist tells us about his collaboration with Sigmund Freud, about the insights he gained from listening to his patients' dreams, and about the ...

A rare clip from 1994 warning of the dangers that lurk in America: homosexuals and Satanists....

"The Boy Of The Fish" follows Noon, a young boy living in a Syrian refugee camp, who finds solace and a sense of freedom in a whale-shaped doll he names "Bahr." Set against the challenging realities of camp life, Noon’s journey is both a story of res...

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

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

a man in black clothes brings another man in white clothes to a deserted area and the man in white has to convince the man in black to not murder him....

A coroner reunites with a great love from the past, realizing that the memories are more vivid than ever....

For anyone who has ever wondered just what that mysterious pyramid on the back of the dollar bill really represents, investigative mythologist William Henry digs deep into history to demystify the symbols that the founding fathers employed to represe...

An old man's vision of a drowning world is clouded. He decides to take radical actions inflicting damage to his surroundings. Instigating a self-destructive chain of events, coming from the dark abyss of his subconsciousness....

Just another love story. The difference is Gerson....

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 receives a profoundly symbolic message, guiding her to find answers and solutions while living in a toxic r...

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That which is above is like that which is below, and that which is below is like that which is above...also birdos and fishies are nice....

A silent tale about a dying love. Symbolisms and sounds are the elements used to explore the birth and destruction of a universe derived from the exchange of behaviors and beliefs when two individuals collide. - The film was recorded in the desert ...

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

In a state between life and death, K. has a conversation with an unknown figure, where he recalls experiences and relationships throughout his life....

Flor is a woman who suffers from anxiety, depression and agoraphobia, and who is secluded in her apartment for reasons beyond her control. To maintain her sanity, she turns her home into an imaginary set, a wild but safe ecosystem where she will have...

"Lost in the Black Hole" is Bangladesh's first-ever symbolic cult horror short film, where the director/artist has experimented on the five metaphoric characters to represent the various meanings of things through expression, symbolism, and numerolog...

Meet Jonathan Noel, a man with an obsessive need for order, whose life is upended by the sudden appearance of a pigeon on his front porch. His routine is thrown into disarray when the unwelcomed intruder is introduced into his meticulously controlled...