THEME EXPLORATION

temptation and seduction

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes
1914 · D.W. Griffith
Le Genou de Claire
Le Genou de Claire
1971 · Eric Rohmer
Pleasure or Pain
Pleasure or Pain
2013 · Zalman King
Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon
Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon
2015 · Cédric Klapisch
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Martin Scorsese
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
100 Nights of Hero
100 Nights of Hero
2026 · Julia Jackman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like Gone Girl and The Game obsessively explore psychological manipulation, desire, and the seductive power of deception.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His melodramas are saturated with passionate seduction, forbidden desire, and the intoxicating pull of attraction across all his characters.

 Luchino Visconti Italy

Death in Venice and The Damned are masterpieces of visual seduction that explore how desire corrupts, intoxicates, and ultimately destroys.