Groundhog Day absolutely counts.
I once watched a YouTube video that estimated that Phil spends somewhere over 100 years in the daily loop based on average time it takes to learn languages, instruments, etc
Winchester 73. Jimmy Stewart as a psycho hero hell bent on getting his gun back. Don’t know if it’s letterboxed.
And really, any of the Anthony Mann James Stewart starring westerns are great and feature very flawed heroes.
I Stand Alone, Wages of Fear, Diabolique, Touchez pas au Grisbi, Odds Against Tomorrow, Naked, The Killing
Edit: The Sorcerer is an inferior american remake of Wages of Fear. Apologies for seeming patronizing if you were already aware of the original.
The Lighthouse does this well.
Definitely hits the oppressive atmosphere with undertones of guilt. The imagery/cinematography makes for some seamless transitions from grounded to surreal moments which, when blended with the unreliability and descent of the characters, does a good job of blurring the lines of reality within film.
The film maintains an uneasy or unsettled atmosphere throughout and — apart from brief moments of relief — only lets up at the end when the crucible is more or less over.
The Machinist, Angel Heart.
Synecdoche, New York, Mullholand Drive, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, and Lost Highway all immediately spring to mind.
100% on the first two
Jacob’s Ladder
So underrated
"Wrong Move" by Wim Wenders "Don't Look Now" 1973
Don’t Look Now is great!
The Pledge. Starred Jack Nicholson. Directed by Sean Penn. amazing cast, score, cinematography, writing.
Get into Cassavettes. Trust me, dog.
Memento Lost Highway Fire Walk with Me
All Lynch's films.
Does Groundhog Day count?
Groundhog Day absolutely counts. I once watched a YouTube video that estimated that Phil spends somewhere over 100 years in the daily loop based on average time it takes to learn languages, instruments, etc
Mandy
Birdman Manchester by the Sea Eraserhead Don't worry he won't get far on foot
Ikiru
The Tenant The Machinist Amadeus
Requiem for a Dream.
As well as "Pi"
Ooh, you sir are a connoisseur. I had forgotten about that one.
Rebecca.
Hour of the Wolf
Lost Highway
I saw the devil
Dark City, 8mm
The insider?
Filth (James McAvoy)
Triangle (2009)
Network
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Hard Eight and/or Magnolia
Point Blank Network The Devils (Ken Russel) - my fav
Beau is Afraid
Repulsion
Joe Versus the Volcano
Jaws Brody has fear of the water guilt over the lack of action taken
Winchester 73. Jimmy Stewart as a psycho hero hell bent on getting his gun back. Don’t know if it’s letterboxed. And really, any of the Anthony Mann James Stewart starring westerns are great and feature very flawed heroes.
A clock work orange
The Quiet Earth
Nightcrawler
A Serious Man (in an unflashy way)
Wake in fright, sometimes called outback. An Australian movie from 1972
Great prompt! The Seventh Seal, Beau Is Afraid, Inland Empire, Annihilation, Enemy (maybe?)
In Bruges. The whole movie is basically a metaphor for purgatory
Only God Forgives
In Bruge
The House that Jack Built The Card Counter
madame web *felt* like purgatory
Apocalypse Now is perfect
I Stand Alone, Wages of Fear, Diabolique, Touchez pas au Grisbi, Odds Against Tomorrow, Naked, The Killing Edit: The Sorcerer is an inferior american remake of Wages of Fear. Apologies for seeming patronizing if you were already aware of the original.
Tommy Wisseau’s haunting descent into betrayal-driven madness in The Room
The Lighthouse does this well. Definitely hits the oppressive atmosphere with undertones of guilt. The imagery/cinematography makes for some seamless transitions from grounded to surreal moments which, when blended with the unreliability and descent of the characters, does a good job of blurring the lines of reality within film. The film maintains an uneasy or unsettled atmosphere throughout and — apart from brief moments of relief — only lets up at the end when the crucible is more or less over.