THEME EXPLORATION

greed and desperation

33 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *
1948 · John Huston
The Pearl
The Pearl
1947 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
God’s Little Acre
God’s Little Acre
1958 · Anthony Mann
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen
Geometry
Geometry
1987 · Guillermo del Toro
823 Hostage Crisis
823 Hostage Crisis
2026 · Tony Leung Hung-Wah
Everyone's In It
Everyone's In It
2026 · Shamikh Gazali
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
Space/Time
Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran
The Furious
The Furious
2026 · Kenji Tanigaki
The Voice of Hind Rajab
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2026 · Kaouther Ben Hania
The Tigers
The Tigers
2026 · Alberto Rodríguez
The Silent Run
The Silent Run
2026 · Marta Bergman
Ugly Story
Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop
El faquir
El faquir
1947 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
I magliari
I magliari
1959 · Francesco Rosi
La Viaccia (le Mauvais Chemin/The Lovemakers
La Viaccia (le Mauvais Chemin/The Lovemakers
1961 · Mauro Bolognini
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Wolf of Wall Street obsessively examine characters consumed by greed, ambition, and moral desperation.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Parasite, Memories of Murder, and Snowpiercer dissect class desperation and how greed drives people to transgression and violence.