THEME EXPLORATION

recruitment and manipulation

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang

A Woman Is a Woman

A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard

Chinese Roulette

Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos

Les Diaboliques

Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro

The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook

Vertigo
1958 · Alfred Hitchcock

Audition
2000 · Takashi Miike

Black God White Devil

Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski

Captive
2008 · Gus Alvarez

Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers

Affection
2026 · BT Meza

Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog

Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
2026 · Benjamin Mousquet

Over Your Dead Body

Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Jorma Taccone

Pinocchio: Unstrung

Pinocchio: Unstrung
2026 · Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein

Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis

Accidentally
1968 · John Woo

Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid
1963 · Luis Buñuel

För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor

För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
1964 · Ingmar Bergman

Glowing Autumn
1978 · Masaki Kobayashi

Holy Smoke
1999 · Jane Campion

Il Mistero di Oberwald

Il Mistero di Oberwald
1980 · Michelangelo Antonioni

Partner
1968 · Bernardo Bertolucci

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Walter Lang Germany

His films like 'Metropolis' and 'M' expose how mass manipulation and mob psychology are weaponized through propaganda and social control.

Sidney Lumet United States

Works such as '12 Angry Men' and 'Network' dissect how persuasion, groupthink, and institutional manipulation shape individual behavior and power dynamics.