THEME EXPLORATION

materialism and consumerism

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1961 · Blake Edwards
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Édouard et Caroline
Édouard et Caroline
1951 · Jacques Becker
El camino de la mirra y el incienso
El camino de la mirra y el incienso
1975 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
La voce della luna
La voce della luna
1990 · Federico Fellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films dissect capitalism, desire, and social alienation through emotionally intense narratives that expose how consumerism corrupts human relationships.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually sumptuous films juxtapose aesthetic beauty with emotional emptiness, critiquing Hong Kong's consumer culture and the hollowness of material desire.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

Through darkly comic social realism, he chronicles how working and middle-class characters navigate aspiration, status anxiety, and the psychological toll of consumer capitalism.