neighbor conflict

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' intimately examine how ordinary people navigate moral boundaries and social proximity, exploring the fragility of human connections across class and circumstance.

Through social realist works like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You,' he exposes systemic pressures that fracture community bonds and pit vulnerable neighbors against each other.

His films including 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Dogtooth' depict claustrophobic environments where proximity breeds psychological tension, obligation, and moral corruption between intimates.