desire for material wealth

His films like 'Wall Street,' 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' and 'Goodfellas' obsessively explore the corrupting allure of wealth and material excess.

Works like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' dissect how greed and material ambition destroy souls and relationships in modern society.

Films like 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer' incisively examine class conflict and the desperation for material survival and social mobility.