Movies and TvShows featuring "futility" theme.

In The Exterminating Angel, a group of upper-class guests attend a dinner party at a mansion but find themselves unable to leave. As their confinement continues, the guests descend into madness and absurdity, revealing the dark and humorous nature of social conventions and human behavior.

The Turin Horse is a dark and minimalistic film that follows the story of an old man and his horse as they face the relentless miseries of life. With very little dialogue, the film explores themes of nihilism, despair, and existentialism. The slow and contemplative pace emphasizes the emptiness and nothingness that surrounds the characters.

The Devil, Probably is a 1977 movie that delves into the story of a teenage boy who is disillusioned with the state of the world. He engages in destructive behavior, such as shoplifting and drug abuse, as a way to cope with his feelings of hopelessness and meaninglessness. The movie provides a realistic portrayal of a young man's struggle with depression and his search for meaning in a seemingly apathetic and indifferent society.

In Wyoming, two ranch hands embark on a robbery spree after becoming disillusioned with their dead-end jobs. As they encounter various challenges and dangers, their friendship is put to the test. The movie explores themes of futility, friendship, and the consequences of violent actions.

In 'Much Ado About Nutting,' a squirrel navigates through various bizarre and humorous situations in New York City, including encountering anthropomorphic nuts, navigating a construction site, and climbing the Empire State Building. The film is filled with surrealism, physical humor, and witty visual gags.

Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.

An androgynous poet/dreamer sits and writes and meditates on the aching void that is her life.

This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.

Freely inspired to the GACY's torture insane world, this film promise to tell what in other movies no one had the courage to push the limits! A young man wakes up after a one night stand and finds himself in the clutches of one of the most notorious serial killers to ever stalk the earth.

In this documentary of the historic and influential fight, we see the stories of two young lads intertwined like barbed wire and thorns. The Brains and Brawn of Alec had been met with its adversary in Saddiq’s shadowy and cunning prowler primitive instincts. From dusk til’ dawn there’s nothing more than solemn prayer, bloodthirsty spectators, teeth flying like bullets, blood gushing and sweating flooding Highfields. Transpiring in a biblical series of events, we set the scene In Highfields... Purgatory.

In Last Chance, a group of college students try to find meaning in a world on the brink of apocalypse. They grapple with existential questions and confront their own mortality, all while navigating the chaos of a micro-budget production.

The story of Victor, a thirty year old boy suffering from the Spanish recession, who has no job, no girlfriend and an unfairly bad relationship with his parents.

Nicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two had a falling out years earlier after Nicolas inexplicably kissed Aaron's girlfriend. Nicolas clings to an idealized image of his former friend, unconsciously sabotaging his own happiness in the process. The film is a realistic slice-of-life that poses the question "How do you get over something you never had?"

Silent Ones is a drama film that follows a Hungarian woman who becomes despondent after a car accident that claims her little brother's life. Filled with despair and hopelessness, she sets out on a solitary journey, navigating through her own loneliness and darkness. The film showcases the emptiness and futility she experiences as she tries to find solace in a bleak and desolate landscape.

Casandra and Natz pose as a couple locked in a domestic dispute documenting the futility of human relationships and the pointlessness of love.

Man and boy play a futile game of chess in the middle of nowhere. An internal struggle between what is and what can no longer be.

Józef comes to Krakow, where he is to participate in the jubilee of Nowa Huta.