His films like *Wall Street*, *The Wolf of Wall Street*, and *Casino* meticulously dissect the corrupting nature of wealth and the psychological spiral of greed.

Films like *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* use genre storytelling to explore class conflict and the desperation bred by wealth inequality with dark humor and social critique.

His visceral filmmaking in works like *The Fountain* and *mother!* explores obsession, ambition, and the destructive human desire for accumulation and control.