THEME EXPLORATION

bullying and cruelty

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
It
It
2017 · Andy Muschietti
Carrie
Carrie
1976 · Brian De Palma
Back Stage
Back Stage
1919 · Buster Keaton
Return of the Jungle
Return of the Jungle
2026 · Vaibhav Kumaresh
Equus
Equus
1977 · Sidney Lumet
Kes
Kes
1969 · Ken Loach
Green and Pleasant Land
Green and Pleasant Land
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay Scotland

Her films like 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' explore psychological cruelty, violence, and the fractured perspectives of victims and perpetrators with unflinching intensity.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His absurdist and provocative films such as 'Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' dissect power dynamics, manipulation, and the casual cruelty embedded in human relationships and social hierarchies.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His naturalistic films like '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' and 'Graduation' examine moral complicity, social indifference, and the quiet brutality of systemic oppression and personal betrayal.