His deeply humanistic films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls' examine how medical crises and health anxieties shape relationships and reveal character.

Films such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' explore psychological and emotional medical crises with visceral, fragmented storytelling.

His poetic films like '2046' and 'In the Mood for Love' frequently use illness and medical vulnerability as metaphors for emotional and existential crises.