THEME EXPLORATION

class manipulation

24 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Funny Games U.S.
Funny Games U.S.
2007 · Michael Haneke
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
A Woman Like Satan
A Woman Like Satan
1958 · Julien Duvivier
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel
La Cérémonie
La Cérémonie
1995 · Claude Chabrol
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony
1968 · Joseph Losey
Two Deaths
Two Deaths
1995 · Nicolas Roeg
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
Saltburn
Saltburn
2023 · Emerald Fennell
Borgman
Borgman
2013 · Alex van Warmerdam
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
House on the Edge of the Park
House on the Edge of the Park
1980 · Ruggero Deodato
On the Beach
On the Beach
1985 · Junichi Suzuki
The Rooster
The Rooster
1981 · Lasse Hallström
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films systematically expose how institutional systems and social structures manipulate and exploit working-class people.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

He masterfully depicts class manipulation through darkly satirical narratives where the wealthy systematically exploit the poor for their own benefit.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His character-driven dramas reveal how class divisions shape relationships and how social hierarchies manipulate individual dignity and opportunity.