psychological tension

Breathless

1960 · Jean-Luc Godard

Seven Samurai

1954 · Akira Kurosawa

The Battle of Algiers

1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1933 · Fritz Lang

Apocalypse Now

1979 · Francis Ford Coppola

Babel

2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu

Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche

Cat People

1942 · Jacques Tourneur

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962 · Ishirō Honda

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1998 · Guy Ritchie

Memento

2000 · Christopher Nolan

Querelle

1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder