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THEME EXPLORATION

criminality and morality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

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: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Guy Ritchie
Jar City
Jar City
2007 · Baltasar Kormákur
I Confess
I Confess
1953 · Alfred Hitchcock
KD – The Devil
KD – The Devil
2026 · Prem
Karuppu
Karuppu
2026 · RJ Balaji
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese → United States

His films like Taxi Driver and Goodfellas obsessively examine the moral corruption of criminals and the blurred line between right and wrong in violent worlds.

Akira Kurosawa → Japan

Works such as Rashomon and High and Low explore moral ambiguity, justice, and human nature through crime narratives that question absolute truth and morality.

Michael Haneke → Austria

Films like Funny Games and The Seventh Continent provoke viewers to confront their own complicity in violence while examining the morality of depicting crime itself.

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