THEME EXPLORATION

crime and desperation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Kinji Fukasaku
Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously
1984 · Amy Heckerling
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II
2003 · Michael Bay
Empty Nets
Empty Nets
2023 · Behrooz Karamizade
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen
The Street Fighter
The Street Fighter
1974 · Shigehiro Ozawa
The Irishman
The Irishman
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Don't Breathe
Don't Breathe
2016 · Fede Álvarez
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like Taxi Driver and Goodfellas obsessively explore the psychology of criminals caught between ambition and moral collapse.

 Coen Brothers USA

They masterfully depict ordinary people driven to crime by desperation in films like No Country for Old Men and Fargo.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His unflinching examinations of violence and social alienation in films like Funny Games reveal desperation lurking beneath everyday life.