survival and competition

His films like Se7en, The Social Network, and Gone Girl obsessively examine human competition, moral compromise, and the ruthless struggle for dominance in both criminal and social hierarchies.

Snowpiercer, Parasite, and Okja directly confront class warfare and survival instincts, depicting how competition for resources reveals humanity's capacity for both cruelty and solidarity.

Through documentaries and films like Aguirre and Grizzly Man, Herzog explores the primal struggle between humans and nature, examining obsession and the thin line between survival and self-destruction.