THEME EXPLORATION

Chicago underworld

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder

Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie

Love is Colder Than Death

Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn

The American Soldier

The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro

Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd

The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg

In Bloom
2013 · Nana Ekvtimishvili

KD – The Devil
2026 · Prem

The Furious
2026 · Kenji Tanigaki

The King of The Internet

The King of The Internet
2026 · Fabrício Bittar

Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse

Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
1971 · Mauro Bolognini

Drunken Angel
1948 · Akira Kurosawa

Fallen Angels
1995 · Wong Kar-wai

Il bidone
1955 · Federico Fellini

Aquesta nit o mai

Aquesta nit o mai
1992 · Ventura Pons

Drunken Monkey
2003 · Kar-leung Lau

Golden Mouth
1963 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell
1980 · Chang Cheh

Ibret
1971 · Yílmaz Güney

La Tierra del Fuego se apaga

La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
1955 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan

Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Shohei Imamura

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Brian De Palma USA

His stylized crime thrillers like 'Scarface' and 'The Untouchables' deeply explore Chicago's violent underworld with Hitchcockian tension and moral ambiguity.

Molly Manning Walker USA

Mann's 'Heat' and 'Public Enemies' present meticulously crafted portraits of organized crime and law enforcement in Chicago with operatic intensity and visual precision.