conformity vs individuality

His films systematically deconstruct institutional control and individual resistance, from military conformity in Full Metal Jacket to dystopian totalitarianism in A Clockwork Orange.

His surreal narratives explore how arbitrary social rules suppress authentic human expression, most starkly in The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite.

His horror films examine the tension between personal autonomy and collective belonging, particularly in Midsommar where individual identity dissolves into group assimilation.