THEME EXPLORATION

addiction and violence

38 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Trauma
Trauma
1993 · Dario Argento
Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor
1993 · Taylor Hackford
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Utøya: July 22
Utøya: July 22
2018 · Erik Poppe
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
2013 · Jia Zhangke
Ghost in the Cell
Ghost in the Cell
2026 · Joko Anwar
Kattalan
Kattalan
2026 · Paul George
Scary Movie
Scary Movie
2026 · Michael Tiddes
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
Hello, Late Homecomers
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978 · John Woo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher United States

His films like Se7en and Zodiac obsessively dissect the psychology of violent obsession and compulsive criminal behavior.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Prisoners and Enemy explore how violence becomes psychologically addictive and consuming for both perpetrators and pursuers.

 Park Chan-wook South Korea

His Vengeance Trilogy masterfully examines how the addiction to revenge spirals into cycles of escalating violence and moral corruption.