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THEME EXPLORATION

exploitation and greed

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
2019 · Martin Scorsese
There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood
2007 · Paul Thomas Anderson
The Pearl
The Pearl
1947 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Bamboozled
Bamboozled
2000 · Spike Lee
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently expose economic exploitation of working-class individuals by systems of greed and corporate indifference.

Werner Herzog → Germany

His documentaries and narratives obsessively examine human obsession, ambition, and the destructive greed driving individuals to exploit nature and others.

Darren Aronofsky → United States

His films explore psychological spirals triggered by greed, addiction, and self-exploitation in pursuit of wealth, perfection, or survival.

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