teenage dysfunction

His films like 'Elephant' and 'Paranoid Park' intimately explore teenage alienation, depression, and the psychological darkness underlying adolescent life.

Works such as 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Dogtooth' examine dysfunctional family dynamics and the psychological torment of adolescence through unsettling narratives.

Her films 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' deeply probe teenage rage, trauma, and the fractured psychology of troubled youth.