THEME EXPLORATION

seduction and manipulation

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk

Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher

Boom!
1968 · Joseph Losey

Docteur Popaul
1972 · Claude Chabrol

Saltburn
2023 · Emerald Fennell

Basic Instinct 2

Basic Instinct 2
2006 · Michael Caton-Jones

All About My Wife

All About My Wife
2012 · Min Kyu-dong

The Corruption
1986 · Salvatore Samperi

Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer

Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro

The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook

Audition
2000 · Takashi Miike

Black God White Devil

Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski

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

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

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

Master of psychological manipulation who uses camera technique and narrative suspense to seduce and deceive the audience alongside morally complex characters.

Brian De Palma United States

Explores seduction and manipulation through obsession, voyeurism, and unreliable narrators in visually stylized thrillers that implicate the viewer.

Pedro Almodóvar Spain

Examines seduction and emotional manipulation between characters with dark humor and melodramatic intensity, often depicting toxic relationships and hidden desires.