THEME EXPLORATION

Victorian morality

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Blaga's Lessons
Blaga's Lessons
2023 · Stephan Komandarev
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Tony Richardson
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Guy Ritchie
Jar City
Jar City
2007 · Baltasar Kormákur
I Confess
I Confess
1953 · Alfred Hitchcock
The Tigers
The Tigers
2026 · Alberto Rodríguez
Karuppu
Karuppu
2026 · RJ Balaji
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His films extensively interrogate British social hypocrisy and repressed emotions at the heart of Victorian and post-Victorian culture through intimate character studies.

 Keenen Ivory Wayans United States

His merchant-Ivory productions meticulously explore the constraints of Victorian morality, propriety, and hidden desires in period dramas like 'The Remains of the Day' and 'A Room with a View'.