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His provocative films like 'The Devils' directly confront religious institutional chaos and corruption through baroque visual excess and psychological turmoil.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ItalyHis work deeply interrogates Catholic repression and religious hypocrisy, using convent and ecclesiastical settings to explore power, sexuality, and spiritual crisis.
David Fincher United StatesThough contemporary, films like 'Zodiac' and his meticulous style dissect institutional systems gone awry, and he has explored religious trauma and moral chaos in structured environments.