THEME EXPLORATION

New York underworld

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Caught Stealing
Caught Stealing
2025 · Darren Aronofsky
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
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
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films like Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and Casino provide unflinching examinations of New York's criminal underworld and moral decay.

 Sidney Lumet United States

His gritty New York-set films such as Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon explore corruption, crime, and institutional failure in the city's underworld.

 Abel Ferrara United States

His dark, visceral films like Ms. 45 and King of New York immerse viewers in the violent, morally ambiguous underbelly of New York City.