THEME EXPLORATION

cat-and-mouse investigation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Steven Spielberg
Trent’s Last Case
Trent’s Last Case
1929 · Howard Hawks
The Girl in the News (20th Century-Fox
The Girl in the News (20th Century-Fox
1941 · Carol Reed
Toy Trouble
Toy Trouble
1941 · Chuck Jones
Phantom of Death
Phantom of Death
1988 · Ruggero Deodato
That Darn Cat!
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Robert Stevenson
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
Personal Column
Personal Column
1939 · Robert Siodmak
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His entire body of work obsessively explores the cat-and-mouse dynamic between pursuers and pursued, criminals and detectives, with meticulous suspense.

 Billy Wilder Austria-United States

Films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' showcase complex cat-and-mouse power dynamics between morally ambiguous characters in shadowy urban environments.