His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' intimately explore family bonds, secrets, and the interventions—both present and absent—that shape family dynamics.

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' examine how family members become complicit in or attempt to intervene in cycles of trauma and violence.

His films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' dissect how family members navigate moral crises and the consequences of their interventions or refusals to act.