THEME EXPLORATION

childhood corruption

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941 · Orson Welles
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The White Ribbon
The White Ribbon
2009 · Michael Haneke
Little Angels of Luck
Little Angels of Luck
1910 · D.W. Griffith
The Yellow Balloon
The Yellow Balloon
1953 · J. Lee Thompson
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Angel at Sea
Angel at Sea
2009 · Frédéric Dumont
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' explore the psychological corruption of innocence through disturbing power dynamics and moral decay.

 Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom

Works such as 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' delve into childhood trauma, psychological corruption, and the loss of innocence through fragmented, visceral storytelling.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His films including '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' examine moral corruption, complicity, and the compromising of values in oppressive social systems that affect characters from youth onward.