His films like 'After Life' and 'Like Father, Like Son' tenderly explore mortality, memory, and what remains after death with profound humanistic insight.

Works such as 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' unflinchingly examine psychological illness and the fragility of human existence.

His films including 'Biutiful' and 'The Revenant' confront mortality, suffering, and the human struggle against death with visceral emotional intensity.