Is existentialism debated?
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
215
No
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JuanOteo
A pretty existaclistic film actually
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
57
No
0
0
Anonymous
existentialism is a major theme
Video Game • 2024 Report
Yes
35
No
1
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
33
No
1
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
31
No
6
6
clownhonk
I'd say so yes, the main characters are immortal beings who have seen the world rise and fall many a times. and in a clip we were shown of season 2 a main character debates "the point of it all "
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
29
No
0
2
Pantalones
Harry is a cynic who argues that human nature is evil and can't be improved. A character Bella meets in Paris is a socialist and argues the opposite, that humanity should always strive for improvement. Since Bella is basically a "blank slate" the whole movie is about her being shaped and trying to understand herself and the world.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
26
No
0
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jdpamv
The whole film is about existentialism.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
25
No
18
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MASSGRAVE
brief conversation about legacy and mortality.
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
24
No
0
5
SuzieBelle
existentialism is a major theme in the show
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
23
No
0
2
KamiSteele
The ethics of the treatment of AI is a major theme. It becomes increasingly clear that the characters are actually AI programs that have some level of sentience, and the villain is having a major existential crisis where she believes none of the other characters, nor the world they live in, are real. This is discussed most extensively in Act 3, where she literally talks to the player and talks extensively about the nature of reality.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
23
No
1
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
22
No
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5
Lots of stuff about who runs the world and who has control and things like that. Makes you feel insignificant, quite anxiety inducing
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
21
No
1
2
Pantalones
Religion, the existence and nature of God, and ghosts/the afterlife are discussed pretty heavily.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
20
No
3
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
19
No
2
0
tgif
s01ep02 when Verna talks with Prospero
s01ep06 when Rodrick speaks with his grandaughter
s01ep06 when Rodrick speaks with his grandaughter
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
18
No
0
2
BonEpic
Cellbit, Forever, Bad and the rest of the Order have gone through a lot of theories, a lot of them include the island not being real or fake in some way.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
18
No
11
0
immortal vampires and talk/themes of meaning and death
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
18
No
1
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
18
No
2
Podcast Report
Yes
16
No
0
1
ErinHollow
Episode 151 in particular focuses on it, but it comes up in many other episodes, particularly in seasons 4 and 5
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
16
No
0
1
TheSpooniest
Some people classify the show as "philosophical fiction" as an analogy to science fiction. Existentialism, among other philosophies, is a frequent topic.
TV Show • 2018 Report
Yes
15
No
4
5
SiRenfield
S3
E3
Played for laughs as Unicorse has an existential crisis over the fact that he’s a puppet and questions if he even had free will
Movie • 1975 Report
Yes
15
No
0
4
SiRenfield
In the final lines, mostly played as a joke since it has nothing to do with anything
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
15
No
2
5
EntropyEmissary
I would say yes, but only in the optional end credits poem.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
15
No
1
2
mrmacaaroni
not really a spoiler, but Bojacks whole thing is that he was super popular and now nobody cares about him and he doesn’t know what to do with his life and his journey around that
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
15
No
12
1
JayR
Heaven, hell, and other forms of the afterlife are often spoken about and depicted in the show.
Movie • 2000 Report
Yes
15
No
2
Movie Report
Yes
15
No
1
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
15
No
1
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
14
No
0
8
jdpamv
There's a nihilist Luma who makes existential arguments whenever they appear.