THEME EXPLORATION

moral degradation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
The American Soldier
The American Soldier
1970 · Margarethe von Trotta & Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lodge Kerrigan USA · New York City

Unflinching portraits of men fragmenting within New York's cold, indifferent urban landscape.

 Darren Lynn Bousman USA

Architect of escalating psychological and physical torment exploring morality through elaborate systems of punishment.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films meticulously dissect social corruption and personal moral collapse through intense character studies and power dynamics.