THEME EXPLORATION

wealth and status

21 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
1933 · George Cukor
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Aviator
The Aviator
2004 · Martin Scorsese
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
The Club
The Club
2015 · Pablo Larraín
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Joe Wright
The Christophers
The Christophers
2026 · Steven Soderbergh
Anima nera
Anima nera
1962 · Roberto Rossellini
Benny’s Video
Benny’s Video
1992 · Michael Haneke
Crane
Crane
1988 · Kon Ichikawa
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
From Riches to Rags
From Riches to Rags
1980 · John Woo
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
1953 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
La corruzione (la Corruption/Corruption
La corruzione (la Corruption/Corruption
1963 · Mauro Bolognini
Miss Oyu
Miss Oyu
1951 · Kenji Mizoguchi
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady
1996 · Jane Campion
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Aar Paar
Aar Paar
1954 · Guru Dutt
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films obsessively examine the pursuit of wealth, power, and status through figures like Jordan Belfort and Henry Hill, exploring how ambition corrupts and defines identity.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

He uses visual metaphors of class hierarchy and spatial geography to dissect wealth inequality and social stratification, most notably in Parasite and Snowpiercer.

 Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist cinema systematically deconstructs bourgeois pretension and the absurdity of class distinctions through dark comedy and symbolic subversion.