THEME EXPLORATION

morally ambiguous characters

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Speaking of the Weather
Speaking of the Weather
1937 · Frank Tashlin
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Laberinto de pasiones
Laberinto de pasiones
1982 · Pedro Almodóvar
Minions
Minions
2015 · Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
Sing
Sing
2016 · Garth Jennings
L’Amour par terre
L’Amour par terre
1984 · Jacques Rivette
L'Abbé Constantin
L'Abbé Constantin
1925 · Julien Duvivier
La Table tournante
La Table tournante
1988 · Jacques Demy
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Tony Richardson
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
1967 · Kon Ichikawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like Prisoners and Sicario explore morally compromised protagonists who blur the line between justice and vengeance.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

He creates deeply unsettling characters operating in bizarre moral frameworks, particularly in The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things.

 David Fincher United States

His protagonists in Gone Girl, Se7en, and Zodiac are intelligent, flawed antiheroes whose morality remains deliberately unclear.