THEME EXPLORATION

domestic control and manipulation

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Affection
Affection
2026 · BT Meza
Accidentally
Accidentally
1968 · John Woo
Docteur Popaul
Docteur Popaul
1972 · Claude Chabrol
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945 · Robert Siodmak
A Certain Kind of Silence
A Certain Kind of Silence
2019 · Michal Hogenauer
Rude to Love
Rude to Love
2024 · Yukihiro Morigaki
The Wave
The Wave
2008 · Dennis Gansel
Bigbug
Bigbug
2022 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Chaste and Pure
Chaste and Pure
1981 · Salvatore Samperi
Tahan
Tahan
2022 · Bobby Bonifacio
Waves of Lust
Waves of Lust
1975 · Ruggero Deodato
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
1993 · Tran Anh Hung
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster USA

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar explore psychological manipulation within family structures and intimate relationships with deeply unsettling precision.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite dissect power dynamics and domestic control through surreal, claustrophobic narratives that reveal the cruelty beneath intimate bonds.

 Karyn Kusama USA

The Invitation and Destroyer examine how control and manipulation permeate domestic spaces and female relationships with tension that builds from quiet psychological warfare.