cult-like communities

His films obsessively explore isolation, control systems, and the psychology of closed worlds, particularly in *A Clockwork Orange* and *The Shining*.

Directly confronts cult dynamics, blind devotion, and psychological manipulation in films like *Dogville* and *Antichrist*, often depicting insular communities.

His films *Hereditary* and *Midsommar* deeply interrogate cultic rituals, groupthink, and the seductive danger of exclusive belief systems.