greed and obsession

His films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Wolf of Wall Street obsessively explore the destructive nature of ambition, desire, and obsessive behavior in the human psyche.

His visceral filmography including The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Requiem for a Dream depicts characters consumed by obsession and compulsion until complete self-destruction.

His stylized films like In the Mood for Love and Fallen Angels examine obsessive desire and longing through aestheticized visual narratives that mirror emotional excess.