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THEME EXPLORATION

greed and competition

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon
1929 · Fritz Lang
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
You Were Never Duckier
You Were Never Duckier
1948 · Chuck Jones
Bright Leaf
Bright Leaf
1950 · Michael Curtiz
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese → USA

His films like *Wall Street*, *The Wolf of Wall Street*, and *Goodfellas* obsessively explore the corrupting allure of greed and ruthless ambition in capitalist systems.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

Works such as *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* dissect class competition and resource scarcity through darkly satirical examinations of human desperation and inequality.

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