THEME EXPLORATION

family crime spree

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Family Business
Family Business
1989 · Sidney Lumet
A War Named Desire
A War Named Desire
2000 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
Bloody Mama
Bloody Mama
1970 · Roger Corman
Gong Tau
Gong Tau
2007 · Herman Yau
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Kinji Fukasaku
Shaan
Shaan
1980 · Ramesh Sippy
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Full Moon
Full Moon
1998 · Fredi M. Murer
Summer with Hope
Summer with Hope
2022 · Sadaf Foroughi
The Street Fighter
The Street Fighter
1974 · Shigehiro Ozawa
We're the Millers
We're the Millers
2013 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
Romería
Romería
2026 · Carla Simón
The Last Viking
The Last Viking
2025 · Anders Thomas Jensen
The Tao Exorcist
The Tao Exorcist
2026 · Chiou Hau-jou
Deported
Deported
1950 · Robert Siodmak
Eureka
Eureka
1983 · Nicolas Roeg
Goupi mains rouges
Goupi mains rouges
1943 · Jacques Becker
La sfida
La sfida
1958 · Francesco Rosi
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
2004 · Paolo Sorrentino
Secret défense
Secret défense
1998 · Jacques Rivette
Mikes Is Getting Married
Mikes Is Getting Married
1968 · Yannis Dalianidis
Pire Nuri
Pire Nuri
1968 · Yílmaz Güney
Tiger on the Beat 2
Tiger on the Beat 2
1990 · Kar-leung Lau
Only God Forgives
Only God Forgives
2013 · Nicolas Winding Refn
A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year
2014 · J.C. Chandor
Contraband
Contraband
2012 · Baltasar Kormákur
Broker
Broker
2022 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ernest & Celestine
Ernest & Celestine
2012 · Benjamin Renner
Skiptrace
Skiptrace
2016 · Renny Harlin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Karyn Kusama USA

Her film 'Destroyer' and work in crime narratives explore moral decay within families and the devastating consequences of criminal legacies.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His darkly absurdist films like 'Killing of a Sacred Deer' examine family dysfunction and complicity in morally corrupt systems with visceral intensity.

 David Fincher USA

Films like 'Gone Girl' and 'Mindhunter' obsessively explore how crime infiltrates families, destroying trust and revealing hidden pathologies within intimate relationships.