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Movies About Obsession

Kinora's catalogue lists 152 films about obsession, spanning 1922–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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  • 1998

    A Civil Action

    Massachusetts — 1980s
    Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Zaillian
  • 1988

    A Short Film About Love

    Warsaw — 1980s
    Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • 2019

    Ad Astra

    Space — Near Future
    Off Worlddir. James Gray
  • 2002

    Adaptation.

    Los Angeles · New York City · Florida — 1990s
    Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze
  • 1950

    All About Eve

    New York City — 1940s
    Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • 1979

    All That Jazz

    New York City — 1970s
    Urbandir. Bob Fosse
  • 1984

    Amadeus

    Vienna — 1700s
    Urbandir. Miloš Forman
  • 1998

    Apt Pupil

    California — 1980s
    Suburbandir. Bryan Singer
  • 2014

    As Above, So Below

    Paris · Iran — 2010s
    Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle
  • 2022

    Babylon

    Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s
    Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
  • 1992

    Basic Instinct

    San Francisco — 1990s
    Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
  • 1999

    Being John Malkovich

    New York City — 1990s
    Urbandir. Spike Jonze
  • 1967

    Belle de Jour

    Paris — 1960s
    Urbandir. Luis Buñuel
  • 2010

    Black Swan

    New York City — 2010s
    Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
  • 1985

    Blood Simple

    Texas — 1980s
    Ruraldir. Joel Coen
  • 1981

    Blow Out

    Philadelphia — 1980s
    Urbandir. Brian De Palma
  • 1986

    Blue Velvet

    North Carolina — 1980s
    Suburbandir. David Lynch
  • 1981

    Body Heat

    Florida — 1980s
    Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan
  • 1967

    Branded to Kill

    Tokyo — 1960s
    Urbandir. Seijun Suzuki
  • 2018

    Burning

    Seoul — 2010s
    Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong
  • 2005

    Capote

    Kansas — 1950s · 1960s
    Ruraldir. Bennett Miller
  • 1970

    Claire's Knee

    Annecy — 1970s
    dir. Éric Rohmer
  • 1977

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Indiana · Wyoming — 1970s
    Rural · Wildernessdir. Steven Spielberg
  • 1990

    Close-Up

    Tehran — 1980s
    Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
  • 2018

    Cold War

    Poland · Berlin · Paris · Yugoslavia — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
    Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski
  • 1996

    Crash

    1990s
    Urbandir. David Cronenberg
  • 2014

    Creep

    California — 2010s
    Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice
  • 2016

    Dangal

    Haryana · Patiala — 2000s · 2010s
    Ruraldir. Nitesh Tiwari
  • 1992

    Death Becomes Her

    Los Angeles — 1990s
    Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis
  • 1971

    Death in Venice

    Venice — 1910s
    Urban · Coastal Seadir. Luchino Visconti
  • 2022

    Decision to Leave

    Busan — 2020s
    Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook
  • 1971

    Dirty Harry

    San Francisco — 1970s
    Urbandir. Don Siegel
  • 1961

    Divorce Italian Style

    Sicily — 1960s
    Ruraldir. Pietro Germi
  • 1944

    Double Indemnity

    Los Angeles — 1930s
    Urbandir. Billy Wilder
  • 1999

    Election

    Omaha — 1990s
    Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne
  • 2014

    Enemy

    Toronto — 2010s
    Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
  • 2015

    Everest

    Nepal · Mount Everest — 1990s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur
  • 1994

    Exotica

    Toronto — 1990s
    Urbandir. Atom Egoyan
  • 1999

    Eyes Wide Shut

    New York City — 1990s
    Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
  • 1960

    Eyes Without a Face

    Paris — 1960s
    Suburbandir. Georges Franju
  • 1982

    Fitzcarraldo

    Iquitos — 1900s
    Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
  • 1946

    Gilda

    Buenos Aires — 1940s
    Urbandir. Charles Vidor
  • 1988

    Gorillas in the Mist

    Rwanda — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
    Mountain · Wildernessdir. Michael Apted
  • 2005

    Grizzly Man

    Alaska — 2000s
    Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog
  • 1950

    Gun Crazy

    California — 1950s
    Ruraldir. Joseph H. Lewis
  • 1998

    Happiness

    1990s
    Suburban · Urbandir. Todd Solondz
  • 1995

    Heat

    Los Angeles — 1990s
    Urbandir. Michael Mann
  • 1994

    Heavenly Creatures

    Christchurch — 1950s
    Urbandir. Peter Jackson
  • 1968

    Hour of the Wolf

    Baltrum — 1960s
    Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman
  • 1987

    House of Games

    1980s
    Urbandir. David Mamet
  • 2005

    Hustle & Flow

    Memphis — 2000s
    Urbandir. Craig Brewer
  • 2010

    I Saw the Devil

    South Korea — 2010s
    Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon
  • 2002

    Insomnia

    Alaska — 2000s
    Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
  • 1991

    JFK

    New Orleans · Dallas · Washington, D.C. — 1960s
    Urbandir. Oliver Stone
  • 1955

    Kiss Me Deadly

    Los Angeles — 1950s
    Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich
  • 1971

    Klute

    New York City — 1970s
    Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
  • 1965

    Kwaidan

    Kyoto — Timeless
    Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi
  • 1944

    Laura

    New York City — 1940s
    Urbandir. Otto Preminger
  • 1945

    Leave Her to Heaven

    New Mexico · Maine — 1940s
    Ruraldir. John M. Stahl
  • 1948

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    Vienna — 1800s · 1900s
    Urbandir. Max Ophüls
  • 1962

    Lolita

    New Hampshire · Ohio — 1950s
    Suburbandir. Stanley Kubrick
  • 2012

    Looper

    Kansas City — Near Future
    Urban · Ruraldir. Rian Johnson
  • 1997

    Lost Highway

    Los Angeles — 1990s
    Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
  • 1956

    Lust for Life

    Netherlands · Paris · Arles — 1800s
    Rural · Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli
  • 2000

    Malena

    Sicily — 1940s
    Ruraldir. Giuseppe Tornatore
  • 1993

    Manhattan Murder Mystery

    New York City — 1990s
    Urbandir. Woody Allen
  • 1986

    Manhunter

    Florida · Atlanta · Birmingham · St. Louis — 1980s
    Urban · Suburbandir. Michael Mann
  • 1964

    Marnie

    Philadelphia · Baltimore — 1960s
    Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 2003

    Memories of Murder

    South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
    Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho
  • 1983

    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    Java — 1940s
    dir. Nagisa Ōshima
  • 1990

    Misery

    Colorado — 1990s
    Ruraldir. Rob Reiner
  • 1985

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    Japan — 1970s
    Urbandir. Paul Schrader
  • 1956

    Moby Dick

    New Bedford · Pacific Ocean — 1800s
    Coastal Seadir. John Huston
  • 2009

    Mother

    South Korea — 2000s
    Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
  • 2001

    Mulholland Drive

    Los Angeles — 2000s
    Urbandir. David Lynch
  • 1983

    National Lampoon's Vacation

    Kansas · Colorado · Arizona · California — 1980s
    Desert · Ruraldir. Harold Ramis
  • 1989

    New York Stories

    New York City — 1980s
    Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
  • 1953

    Niagara

    Niagara Falls — 1950s
    Urbandir. Henry Hathaway
  • 2022

    Nope

    California — 1990s · 2020s
    Ruraldir. Jordan Peele
  • 1922

    Nosferatu

    Transylvania · Germany — 1800s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau
  • 1946

    Notorious

    Rio de Janeiro — 1940s
    Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 1950

    Orpheus

    Paris — 1940s
    Urbandir. Jean Cocteau
  • 1985

    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    San Antonio · Burbank — 1980s
    dir. Tim Burton
  • 1960

    Peeping Tom

    London — 1960s
    Urbandir. Michael Powell
  • 2017

    Phantom Thread

    London — 1950s
    Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  • 1959

    Pickpocket

    Paris · London — 1950s
    Urbandir. Robert Bresson
  • 2004

    Primer

    2000s
    Suburbandir. Shane Carruth
  • 2013

    Prisoners

    Pennsylvania — 2010s
    Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve
  • 1960

    Purple Noon

    Rome — 1960s
    Coastal Sea · Urbandir. René Clément
  • 1980

    Raging Bull

    New York City · Miami — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
    Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
  • 1985

    Re-Animator

    Massachusetts — 1980s
    Urbandir. Stuart Gordon
  • 1954

    Rear Window

    1950s
    Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 1940

    Rebecca

    Monte Carlo · Cornwall — 1930s
    Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 2000

    Requiem for a Dream

    New York City — 1990s
    Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
  • 1995

    Se7en

    1990s
    Urbandir. David Fincher
  • 1989

    Sea of Love

    New York City — 1980s
    Urbandir. Harold Becker
  • 1993

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    New York City — 1990s
    Urbandir. Steven Zaillian
  • 1954

    Senso

    Venice · Verona — 1800s
    Urbandir. Luchino Visconti
  • 2012

    Sinister

    Pennsylvania — 2010s
    Suburbandir. Scott Derrickson
  • 1980

    Somewhere in Time

    1980s · 1910s
    dir. Jeannot Szwarc
  • 1979

    Stalker

    Timeless
    Wildernessdir. Andrei Tarkovsky
  • 1999

    Stir of Echoes

    Chicago — 1990s
    Urbandir. David Koepp
  • 1951

    Strangers on a Train

    Washington, D.C. — 1950s
    Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 1949

    Stray Dog

    Tokyo — 1940s
    Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 1959

    Suddenly, Last Summer

    New Orleans — 1930s
    Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • 1950

    Sunset Boulevard

    Los Angeles — 1950s
    Urbandir. Billy Wilder
  • 2008

    Synecdoche, New York

    New York City — 2000s
    Urbandir. Charlie Kaufman
  • 2002

    Talk to Her

    Madrid — 2000s
    Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • 2022

    TÁR

    Berlin · New York City — 2020s
    Urbandir. Todd Field
  • 1976

    Taxi Driver

    New York City — 1970s
    Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
  • 1977

    That Obscure Object of Desire

    Seville · Paris — 1970s
    Urbandir. Luis Buñuel
  • 2007

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Missouri — 1800s
    Ruraldir. Andrew Dominik
  • 1988

    The Big Blue

    Sicily · Greece · Andes — 1960s · 1980s
    Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Luc Besson
  • 1957

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    Thailand — 1940s
    Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lean
  • 1974

    The Conversation

    San Francisco — 1970s
    Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
  • 1978

    The Driver

    Los Angeles — 1970s
    Urbandir. Walter Hill
  • 1986

    The Fly

    Toronto — 1980s
    Urbandir. David Cronenberg
  • 1971

    The French Connection

    New York City · Marseille — 1970s
    Urbandir. William Friedkin
  • 1996

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Paris — Medieval
    Urbandir. Kirk Wise
  • 2008

    The Hurt Locker

    Iraq — 2000s
    Urban · Desertdir. Kathryn Bigelow
  • 1961

    The Hustler

    New York City · Kentucky — 1960s
    Urbandir. Robert Rossen
  • 1961

    The Innocents

    Essex — 1800s
    Ruraldir. Jack Clayton
  • 1982

    The King of Comedy

    New York City — 1980s
    Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
  • 1945

    The Lost Weekend

    New York City — 1940s
    Urbandir. Billy Wilder
  • 1991

    The Lovers on the Bridge

    Paris — 1980s
    Urbandir. Leos Carax
  • 2012

    The Master

    California · Phoenix · Massachusetts — 1950s
    Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  • 2022

    The Menu

    2020s
    Islanddir. Mark Mylod
  • 1993

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    Timeless
    Urbandir. Henry Selick
  • 2021

    The Power of the Dog

    Montana — 1920s
    Ruraldir. Jane Campion
  • 2006

    The Prestige

    London — 1900s
    Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
  • 1948

    The Red Shoes

    London · Paris · Monaco — 1940s
    Urbandir. Michael Powell
  • 1998

    The Red Violin

    Cremona · Vienna · Oxford · Shanghai · Montreal — Early Modern · 1700s · 1800s · 1960s · 1990s
    Urbandir. François Girard
  • 1956

    The Searchers

    Texas · New Mexico — 1800s
    Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford
  • 2009

    The Secret in Their Eyes

    Buenos Aires — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
    Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella
  • 1991

    The Silence of the Lambs

    Baltimore · Memphis · Ohio — 1990s
    Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
  • 2024

    The Substance

    Los Angeles — Near Future
    Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat
  • 1999

    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    New York City · Italy — 1950s
    Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
  • 1988

    The Vanishing

    France · Nîmes — 1980s
    Ruraldir. George Sluizer
  • 2013

    The Wind Rises

    Japan · Germany — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
    Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
  • 1998

    There's Something About Mary

    Rhode Island · Miami — 1980s · 1990s
    Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly
  • 1996

    Thesis

    Madrid — 1990s
    Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar
  • 2009

    Thirst

    2000s
    Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
  • 1985

    To Live and Die in L.A.

    Los Angeles — 1980s
    Urban · Desertdir. William Friedkin
  • 1996

    Trainspotting

    Edinburgh · London — 1990s
    Urbandir. Danny Boyle
  • 1970

    Tristana

    Toledo — 1920s · 1930s
    Urbandir. Luis Buñuel
  • 2018

    Tumbbad

    India — 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
    Ruraldir. Rahi Anil Barve
  • 1996

    Twister

    Oklahoma — 1990s
    Ruraldir. Jan de Bont
  • 2019

    Uncut Gems

    New York City — 2010s
    Urbandir. Benny Safdie
  • 1958

    Vertigo

    San Francisco — 1950s
    Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 2014

    Whiplash

    New York City — 2010s
    Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
  • 2012

    Zero Dark Thirty

    Pakistan · Abbottabad · Afghanistan · Washington, D.C. — 2000s · 2010s
    Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow
  • 2007

    Zodiac

    San Francisco — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
    Urbandir. David Fincher

Frequently asked

How many movies are about obsession?

Kinora's catalogue lists 152 films about obsession, spanning 1922–2024.

What are some movies about obsession?

Films about obsession in our catalogue include A Civil Action (1998), A Short Film About Love (1988), Ad Astra (2019), Adaptation. (2002), and All About Eve (1950).

What is the oldest movie about obsession?

Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film about obsession in our catalogue; the most recent is The Substance (2024).

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