THEME EXPLORATION

destructive behavior

18 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
The Rough and the Smooth
The Rough and the Smooth
1959 · Robert Siodmak
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
For Monkeys Only
For Monkeys Only
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Auto Focus
Auto Focus
2002 · Paul Schrader
Ugly Story
Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop
Days of Wine and Roses
Days of Wine and Roses
1962 · Blake Edwards
Claro
Claro
1975 · Glauber Rocha
All’onorevole piacciono le donne (Nonostante le apparenze…e purché la nazione non lo sappia)
All’onorevole piacciono le donne (Nonostante le apparenze…e purché la nazione non lo sappia)
1972 · Lucio Fulci
Animal Altruism
Animal Altruism
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
Too Young to Love
Too Young to Love
1960 · Muriel Box
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
2005 · Kirk Jones
Lolita
Lolita
1997 · Adrian Lyne
Deep Blue
Deep Blue
2003 · Alastair Fothergill
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
1978 · Frank Miller
Sebbe
Sebbe
2010 · Babak Najafi
Shark Bait
Shark Bait
2022 · James Nunn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Haneke Austria

His films systematically deconstruct violence and destructive impulses in society, forcing viewers to confront complicity in brutality through unsettling formal techniques.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

He explores psychological self-destruction and societal collapse through intensely provocative narratives that examine how individuals and systems perpetuate harm.

 Wes Anderson United States

His sprawling narratives trace how ambition, addiction, and manipulation corrode relationships and institutions from within, with particular attention to moral deterioration.