THEME EXPLORATION

city corruption

36 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Phil Karlson
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
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
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
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
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Distant
Distant
2002 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Bastards
Bastards
2013 · Claire Denis
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Paprika
Paprika
2006 · Satoshi Kon
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sidney Lumet United States

His films like 'Serpico' and 'Prince of the City' provide unflinching examinations of institutional corruption within urban police and government systems.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His neo-noir films like 'Chungking Express' and 'In the Mood for Love' embed urban corruption, moral ambiguity, and criminality within visually poetic meditations on Hong Kong's shadowy underbelly.