teenage rivalry

His films like 'Elephant' and 'Paranoid Park' examine the psychological complexities and social tensions underlying teenage conflict and alienation.

Works such as 'Tomboy' and 'Girlhood' explore rivalry, identity formation, and social hierarchies among adolescents with nuanced emotional depth.

Films like 'Killing of a Sacred Deer' and his early works probe power dynamics, competition, and destructive relationships with unsettling intensity.