Film Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Analysis using Freudian/Lacanian concepts to explore unconscious desires, dreams, and spectator identification
8
Total Films
3
Primary Examples
5.0
Avg Arcplot Score
1951-2010
Year Range
Primary - Central to the film's identity
Secondary - Notable influence
Reference - Touches on theme
Primary Examples(3)
Secondary Influences(5)
4.6
Alien
1979 • Ridley Scott
Giger's biomechanical sexual imagery
5.2
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 • Jonathan Demme
Serial killer psychology
4.3
Taxi Driver
1976 • Martin Scorsese
Travis's fractured psyche
4.5
Shutter Island
2010 • Martin Scorsese
Trauma and delusion
6
Strangers on a Train
1951 • Alfred Hitchcock
Doubling and repressed desires