His films like *Se7en*, *The Game*, and *Gone Girl* obsessively explore characters trapped in psychological and physical labyrinths forced to outwit their captors or circumstances.

From *Prisoners* to *Enemy* to *Dune*, he crafts intense narratives where protagonists must navigate moral complexities and hostile environments to achieve freedom or survival.

His films *Parasite*, *Snowpiercer*, and *Mother* brilliantly examine survival through class struggle and confinement, where characters fight systemic traps to escape their predetermined fates.