wealth and social climbing

His films like *The Wolf of Wall Street* and *Goodfellas* obsessively explore the allure and moral corruption of wealth accumulation and upward mobility.

*Parasite* and *Mother* dissect class boundaries and the desperation of social climbing with dark comedy and structural brilliance.

His neorealist and melodramatic works like *The Leopard* and *Rocco and His Brothers* examine social hierarchy, decadence, and the human cost of class aspiration.