THEME EXPLORATION

extortion and blackmail

23 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La paura
La paura
1954 · Roberto Rossellini
Okinawa Rendez-vous
Okinawa Rendez-vous
2000 · Gordon Chan
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
2019
2019
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up
1986 · John Frankenheimer
A Burglar’s Mistake
A Burglar’s Mistake
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Act of Violence
Act of Violence
1949 · Fred Zinnemann
Blackout
Blackout
1954 · Terence Fisher
Criss Cross
Criss Cross
1949 · Robert Siodmak
Fear
Fear
1965 · Ritwik Ghatak
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
1964 · Ingmar Bergman
Hard Fists
Hard Fists
1927 · William Wyler
Histoire de Marie et Julien
Histoire de Marie et Julien
2003 · Jacques Rivette
Appointment with Death
Appointment with Death
1989 · Alfonso Cuarón
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1972 · Dario Argento
A Very Clever Guy
A Very Clever Guy
1965 · Yannis Dalianidis
Bir çirkin adam
Bir çirkin adam
1969 · Yílmaz Güney
Shaolin Mantis
Shaolin Mantis
1978 · Kar-leung Lau
A Woman's Hole
A Woman's Hole
2014 · Kōta Yoshida
Blackmail Is My Life
Blackmail Is My Life
1968 · Kinji Fukasaku
Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat
1970 · Terence Young
Shaitan
Shaitan
2011 · Bejoy Nambiar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' masterfully explore blackmail, coercion, and moral compromise in Hollywood and urban settings.

 Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

A virtuoso of psychological tension who repeatedly examined blackmail and extortion as catalysts for suspense in films like 'Blackmail' and 'Marnie'.