THEME EXPLORATION

character corruption

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
Detective Story
Detective Story
1951 · William Wyler
Duck Amuck
Duck Amuck
1953 · Chuck Jones
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Phil Karlson
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Devil
The Devil
1972 · Andrzej Żuławski
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola United States

His *Godfather* trilogy meticulously charts the moral decay of Michael Corleone as power and circumstance systematically corrupt his soul.

 Wes Anderson United States

His films like *There Will Be Blood* and *The Master* depict protagonists whose ambition and charisma gradually reveal the corruption beneath their driven personas.