THEME EXPLORATION

comedic manipulation

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Funny Games U.S.
Funny Games U.S.
2007 · Michael Haneke
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Vertigo
Vertigo
1958 · Alfred Hitchcock
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

Mastered the art of using humor to expose human deception and manipulation through sophisticated comedies like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment.'

 Ernst Lubitsch Germany-USA

Pioneer of the 'Lubitsch Touch' who used witty dialogue and visual gags to satirize social manipulation and romantic scheming in films like 'Trouble in Paradise.'