THEME EXPLORATION

greed and redemption

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
1923 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Miser’s heart
The Miser’s heart
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Brothers
Brothers
2018 · Jacques Audiard
Legend of the Lost
Legend of the Lost
1957 · Henry Hathaway
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Robert Siodmak
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · Juan José Campanella
Todo sobre mi madre
Todo sobre mi madre
1999 · Pedro Almodóvar
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
The Hunt
The Hunt
2012 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street meticulously chart the psychological descent into greed and the agonizing possibility of spiritual redemption.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

His visceral explorations of obsession and moral corruption in films like Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler culminate in profound meditations on human suffering and redemptive transformation.