obsessive-compulsive disorder

His meticulous visual style and obsessive protagonists in films like *Se7en* and *Zodiac* mirror pathological compulsion and control.

His perfectionist filmmaking and characters consumed by obsessive rituals, particularly in *A Clockwork Orange* and *The Shining*, explore compulsive behavior.

His films like *Hereditary* and *Midsommar* depict characters trapped in ritualistic and obsessive patterns that escalate into psychological breakdown.