THEME EXPLORATION

power and desire

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

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
Queen of Hearts
Queen of Hearts
2019 · May el-Toukhy
The Concubine
The Concubine
2012 · Kim Dae-seung
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
The Club
The Club
2015 · Pablo Larraín
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Sarit
Sarit
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
365 Days
365 Days
2020 · Barbara Białowąs
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Better Go Mad in the Wild
2025 · Miro Remo
Henry V
Henry V
1989 · —
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Terribly Happy
Terribly Happy
2008 · Henrik Ruben Genz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films obsessively dissect the psychological mechanics of power, manipulation, and twisted desire through morally ambiguous protagonists.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

He fearlessly explores the intersection of power dynamics, sexual desire, and suffering as fundamental human conditions in deliberately provocative ways.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His transgressive cinema uses desire and power as lenses to critique social structures, sexuality, and human degradation with unflinching philosophical intensity.