THEME EXPLORATION

underworld conflict

40 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Il bidone
Il bidone
1955 · Federico Fellini
Bedevilled
Bedevilled
1955 · Mitchell Leisen
Headhunters
Headhunters
2011 · Morten Tyldum
A Dirty Carnival
A Dirty Carnival
2006 · Yoo Ha
Bad Seed
Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder
The Boss
The Boss
1973 · Fernando Di Leo
GATAO: Big Brothers
GATAO: Big Brothers
2025 · Chiang Jui-chih
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
High and Low
High and Low
1963 · Akira Kurosawa
Paradise Now
Paradise Now
2005 · Hany Abu-Assad
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Atlantics
Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Melancholia
Melancholia
2011 · Lars von Trier
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Aleksandar Petrović
Tangerines
Tangerines
2013 · Zaza Urushadze
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
1973 · Paul Verhoeven
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Where Do We Go Now
Where Do We Go Now
2011 · Nadine Labaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola United States

His Godfather trilogy profoundly explores underworld power structures, family hierarchies, and the moral complexities of organized crime across generations.

 Martin Scorsese United States

Films like Goodfellas and Casino meticulously chronicle underworld conflict through visceral storytelling that examines loyalty, violence, and the criminal underworld's internal hierarchies.