THEME EXPLORATION

moral decay

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
1976 · Martin Scorsese
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
1957 · Akira Kurosawa
25th Hour
25th Hour
2002 · Spike Lee
The Alienated
The Alienated
2024 · Anja Kreis
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Dekalog
Dekalog
1989 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
The Conformist
The Conformist
1970 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
2015 · László Nemes
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Black Book
Black Book
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Luminous People
Luminous People
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Just Between Us
Just Between Us
2010 · Rajko Grlić
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Show Me Love
Show Me Love
1999 · Fernando H. Uribe
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
Aquarius
Aquarius
2016 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA · New York

Kinetic camera and razor-sharp editing chart the spiritual descent of flawed men.

 Albert Hughes USA

Unflinching exploration of violence and darkness through meticulously crafted, visually striking narratives.

 Andrey Zvyagintsev

Unflinching examinations of moral collapse within families and systems, rendered through austere visual language.