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THEME EXPLORATION

high-stakes infiltration

22 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Midnight
Midnight
1939 · Mitchell Leisen
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
What Planet Are You From?
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Mike Nichols
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Martin Scorsese
E la Nave va
E la Nave va
1983 · Federico Fellini
Hit and Run
Hit and Run
1966 · Mikio Naruse
School in the Crosshairs
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · J. Lee Thompson
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
2000 · Terence Davies
The Long Night
The Long Night
2001 · Paolo Sorrentino
Shaolin Mantis
Shaolin Mantis
1978 · Kar-leung Lau
The Deadly Duo
The Deadly Duo
1971 · Chang Cheh
District B13
District B13
2004 · Pierre Morel
Just Friends
Just Friends
2005 · Roger Kumble
4th Period Mystery
4th Period Mystery
2009 · Sang-yong Lee
A Chinese Tall Story
A Chinese Tall Story
2005 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Angus
Angus
1995 · Patrick Read Johnson
Drink Slay Love
Drink Slay Love
2017 · Vanessa Parise
Fight Back to School
Fight Back to School
1991 · Gordon Chan
God Is a Bullet
God Is a Bullet
2023 · Nick Cassavetes
Magic Silver
Magic Silver
2009 · Roar Uthaug
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Brian De Palma → USA

Masterfully crafts tension-filled infiltration narratives through voyeurism and deception, exemplified in films like 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Dressed to Kill'.

Molly Manning Walker → USA

Intensely examines undercover infiltration in crime organizations through meticulous character study and suspenseful procedurals in films like 'Heat' and 'Collateral'.

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