PTSD and trauma

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar deeply explore psychological trauma, grief, and inherited family dysfunction through visceral horror narratives.

Her fragmented narrative style in films like You Were Never Really Here and We Need to Talk About Kevin intimately portrays trauma, dissociation, and fractured consciousness.

Prisoners, Enemy, and Sicario examine how trauma and violence fundamentally alter characters' psychology and moral foundations through tense, psychologically complex storytelling.