Tracing the thread…
His films like *Raging Bull*, *Goodfellas*, and *The Wolf of Wall Street* obsessively explore the moral corruption and destructive hunger for power and wealth.
Bong Joon-ho South KoreaWorks such as *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* incisively dissect class exploitation and the opportunistic schemes people devise to survive or ascend systems of inequality.
Sidney Lumet USAFilms like *Network* and *Dog Day Afternoon* penetrate the institutional greed and moral compromise embedded in media, capitalism, and urban corruption.