THEME EXPLORATION

corruption and embezzlement

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
The Cheat
The Cheat
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Nagisa Oshima
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Phil Karlson
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Devil
The Devil
1972 · Andrzej Żuławski
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His films critiqued systemic corruption and institutional power through revolutionary montage techniques that exposed moral decay.

 Sidney Lumet United States

He specialized in procedural dramas exposing institutional corruption, embezzlement, and moral compromise within government and corporate systems.

 Jia Zhangke China

His neorealist films document widespread embezzlement and corruption within Chinese government and business during rapid modernization.