Charles Bronson is a hit man with a high degree of self-awareness. About Schmidt (2002) 29 .) Votes: 537 Top 30 Existentialist Movies 30 .) Director: Angela Schanelec | Stars: Thorbjörn Björnsson, Esther Buss, Martin Clausen, Lucas Confurius. Birdman (2014) 28 .) Another existential hit man film, this one opening with fifteen plus minutes with zero dialogue, and full of feelings of gloom and dread. After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life. Broken …