THEME EXPLORATION

infernal underworld

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Bad Seed
1934 · Billy Wilder

Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie

Love is Colder Than Death

Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn

The American Soldier

The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro

Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd

The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski
1998 · Joel Coen

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg

Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Darren Aronofsky USA

His films like The Fountain and mother! descend into nightmarish psychological underworlds that blur reality, trauma, and damnation.

Béla Tarr Hungary

His monochromatic, apocalyptic cinema creates oppressive infernal atmospheres exploring human suffering, decay, and existential darkness.