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THEME EXPLORATION

desire for wealth

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
I Am Love
I Am Love
2010 · Luca Guadagnino
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
No More Orchids
No More Orchids
1932 · Walter Lang
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese → USA

His films like 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and 'Casino' obsessively explore the corrupting allure and destructive consequences of wealth accumulation and greed.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

Works such as 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer' incisively examine class inequality and the desperate hunger for wealth across social hierarchies.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His provocative films like 'Salò' and 'Teorema' deconstruct the moral decay underlying capitalist desire and material obsession in society.

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