greed and coveting

His films like *Raging Bull*, *Goodfellas*, and *The Wolf of Wall Street* obsessively examine characters consumed by ambition, material desire, and the destructive consequences of unchecked greed.

His works including *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* use class conflict and social stratification to explore how coveting wealth and status breeds deception, violence, and moral corruption.

His films dissect capitalist systems and human relationships poisoned by materialism, most notably in *The Marriage of Maria Braun* and *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul*, revealing greed's psychological toll.