His films like 'Milk' and 'My Own Private Idaho' directly explore LGBTQ+ identity, historical persecution, and marginalization with intimate character focus.

His extensive body of work celebrates LGBTQ+ characters and identities while examining social prejudice and personal resilience in Franco-era and contemporary Spain.

Through films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite,' he explores queerness, otherness, and societal alienation with provocative psychological depth.