temptation and downfall

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' masterfully depict how ambition and desire lead characters into moral compromise and self-destruction.

His work obsessively explores how passion, materialism, and social hierarchies seduce and ultimately destroy his characters in films like 'The Marriage of Maria Braun'.

His psychological thrillers such as 'Se7en' and 'Gone Girl' methodically dissect how temptation and obsession corrupt and unravel the human psyche.