THEME EXPLORATION

Chinatown underworld

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
Breathless
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
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' capture the atmospheric decay and moral ambiguity of Hong Kong's urban underworld.

 Bille Woodruff Hong Kong

His action masterpieces 'The Killer' and 'Hard Boiled' define the aesthetic of Hong Kong's violent triad underworld with balletic gunfight choreography.

 Roman Polanski France/Poland

His 1974 neo-noir classic 'Chinatown' remains the definitive exploration of corruption, power, and moral darkness within ethnic enclaves and institutional crime.