THEME EXPLORATION

demons and the underworld

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · Joseph Kosinski
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His adaptation of Dante's Inferno (1967) is a visually haunting descent into Hell that reimagines the underworld through grotesque religious and political imagery.

 Hideaki Anno Japan

His Neon Genesis Evangelion series obsessively explores demonic forces, apocalyptic underworlds, and psychological hells through surreal metaphysical narratives.