23 Films Directed by David Cronenberg

The film centers on a person with exceptional telepathic abilities who is captured by agents working for a secret corporation. While held, he discovers he isn't the only one with these unusual powers. Some people with similar abilities aim to…

Grief-stricken after his wife's death, Karsh, a successful businessman, develops a groundbreaking but controversial technology: a way for the living to observe the deceased. When several graves, including his wife's, are vandalized, he begins investigating the culprits.

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

Max Renn leads a TV channel focused on popular, low-quality programming. Seeking new material, he discovers "Videodrome," a program featuring extreme violence. Hoping to increase viewership, Max broadcasts it. Soon after, his girlfriend disappears after auditioning for the show, prompting…

A Russian teenager living in London dies giving birth, leaving behind a diary filled with clues. These clues suggest a connection between her child and a violent rape committed by a Russian mob family.

A man struggling with mental illness moves into a halfway house. As he adjusts, his condition worsens, and he becomes increasingly lost in a distorted version of his past, repeatedly reliving a significant childhood memory.

A psychological thriller exploring troubled relationships and questionable therapy. A man investigates the methods of an unusual psychologist treating his wife in the hospital. As he delves into this unconventional therapy, a series of disturbing attacks plague the city, seemingly…

Brilliant scientist Seth Brundle develops revolutionary teleportation technology and decides to be the first human to test it. He steps into the machine, unaware that a housefly has entered with him. During the teleportation process, the fly's genetic material fuses…

A skilled game designer is hunted by deadly assassins. Racing to uncover why, she enlists an unsuspecting marketing trainee to play her latest virtual reality game. Inside the immersive world, they must discover if the game has been altered or…

A broken Hollywood family desperately seeks fame and approval, entangled with each other and haunted by unresolved issues from their history.

A Canadian university group participates in an experimental project with unexpected results. The students gradually lose their ability to speak, but develop the power of telepathic communication. The film explores trust, relationships, and connection as they adjust to this strange…

A veteran drag racer, nearing the end of his career, considers retiring while developing a close relationship with his protégé. His plans for a quiet exit are disrupted when an ambitious oil executive intends to replace him with the younger…

A man and his celebrity partner perform elaborate, experimental shows that visually depict the changing nature of their bodies. An investigator from the National Organ Registry becomes fixated on their activities, uncovering a secretive organization. This group aims to leverage…

A quiet suburb outside Montreal is overrun by parasitic organisms that turn its apartment residents into violent maniacs. Dr. Roger St. Luc, a dedicated scientist, must stop the outbreak from spreading to the city. The film explores human nature and…

Driven by the allure of a complex case, Dr. Carl Jung takes on Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Spielrein is emotionally unstable but captivatingly beautiful. Jung employs the techniques of his mentor, Sigmund Freud, and both men become deeply affected…

"Crimes of the Future" is set in a dystopian future where a plague has rendered women infertile, threatening the human race. Adrian Tripod, who runs a clinic called the House of Skin, is deeply affected by the death of his…

A TV director seeking to reignite his marriage becomes drawn into a hidden world of people affected by car accidents. The accident survivors, bearing physical scars, participate in a sexually open subculture driven by the intense energy of collisions. As…

Bill Lee, a man who kills bugs for a living, lives a detached life with his wife Joan, often using his pest poisons for recreational drug use with his Beat poet friends. His world changes when he encounters the enigmatic…

While riding through a chaotic, riot-filled Manhattan in a limousine on his way to a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's carefully constructed world starts to fall apart.

A typical family's life is upended when the father shoots and kills someone at his diner, claiming self-defense.

This drama follows a young woman whose life changes drastically after a severe motorcycle accident. Following life-saving surgery, she develops an inexplicable growth on her body that resembles a phallic structure. Simultaneously, she begins craving human blood, undergoing a disturbing…