THEME EXPLORATION

murder obsession

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
Light Sleeper
Light Sleeper
1992 · Paul Schrader
La Bête humaine
La Bête humaine
1938 · Jean Renoir
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
A Man's Neck
A Man's Neck
1933 · Julien Duvivier
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
2006 · Brian De Palma
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
Deep Red
Deep Red
1976 · Dario Argento
Born to Kill
Born to Kill
1947 · Robert Wise
Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion
1978 · Nagisa Oshima
Psycho II
Psycho II
1983 · Richard Franklin
Remember Last Night?
Remember Last Night?
1935 · James Whale
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

Master of psychological thrillers who obsessively explored murder through the perspectives of both killers and victims across his entire career.

 David Fincher United States

Contemporary auteur whose meticulous filmmaking dissects the psychology of serial killers and murder investigations in films like Zodiac and Se7en.