Cinema Atlas
Discover Ask the Atlas World Map Directors My List Newsletter
THEME EXPLORATION

moral depravity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Caligula
Caligula
1979 · Tinto Brass
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
The True Story of the Nun of Monza
The True Story of the Nun of Monza
1980 · Frank Miller
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Haneke → Austria

His films systematically examine how ordinary people rationalize cruelty and moral compromise through provocative narratives that implicate viewers themselves.

Joachim Trier → Denmark

He depicts the psychological dissolution and moral degradation of characters under extreme circumstances, exploring how trauma and desperation erode ethical boundaries.

David Fincher → United States

His meticulous approach to depicting sociopathy, manipulation, and institutional corruption reveals moral decay operating within systems and individual psyches alike.

Cinema Atlas
About Newsletter Privacy Terms
© Cinema Atlas 2026 · An independent world-cinema guide
Discover Search Ask the Atlas My List Newsletter