THEME EXPLORATION

corruption and hypocrisy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho
1957 · Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Tristana
Tristana
1970 · Luis Buñuel
I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line
1970 · John Frankenheimer
We Have Never Been Modern
We Have Never Been Modern
2023 · Matěj Chlupáček
Primal Fear
Primal Fear
1996 · Gregory Hoblit
Le massaggiatrici
Le massaggiatrici
1962 · Lucio Fulci
Wives Under Suspicion
Wives Under Suspicion
1938 · James Whale
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist films systematically expose the hypocrisy of religious institutions, bourgeois morality, and social hierarchies through absurdist critique.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique dissects institutional corruption and the mechanisms of power, exposing hidden contradictions in social systems.

 Vittorio De Sica Italy

His neorealist masterpieces reveal how systemic corruption and hypocrisy destroy ordinary lives, particularly in post-war societies where moral compromise becomes survival.