THEME EXPLORATION

power and desire

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tapage Nocturne
Tapage Nocturne
1979 · Catherine Breillat
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
1974 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
La città delle donne
La città delle donne
1980 · Federico Fellini
Angkinin Mo Ako
Angkinin Mo Ako
2026 · Topel Lee
Passed by Censor
Passed by Censor
2019 · Serhat Karaaslan
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Zhang Yimou
Taboo
Taboo
1999 · Nagisa Oshima
The Beguiled. .
The Beguiled. .
2017 · Sofia Coppola
A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash
2015 · Luca Guadagnino
Babygirl
Babygirl
2024 · Halina Reijn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films obsessively deconstruct power dynamics and corrupted desires through psychological manipulation and moral ambiguity.

 Lars von Trier Denmark

He confronts desire and power through provocative narratives that expose human vulnerability and the destructive nature of unchecked ambition.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His transgressive work examines how power structures exploit desire and sexuality as instruments of control and social domination.