family trauma and healing

His films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' excavate intergenerational family trauma and grief with visceral intensity.

Her work, particularly 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin', explores psychological damage within families and paths toward fragmented healing.

Films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Shoplifters' gently examine how families process pain and find unconventional forms of connection and redemption.