loss of human agency

His films obsessively explore how individuals become trapped by systems, technology, and forces beyond their control, from *The Social Network* to *Gone Girl*.

He depicts characters stripped of autonomy through surreal narratives and oppressive social structures, questioning free will itself in works like *The Killing of a Sacred Deer*.

His contemplative cinema reveals how ordinary people are powerless against corruption, fate, and institutional indifference in films like *Leviathan* and *Loveless*.