THEME EXPLORATION

trust and betrayal

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Last Supper
The Last Supper
2026 · Mauro Borrelli
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Pressure Drop
Pressure Drop
2016 · Anonymous Fixture
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
The Lion King
The Lion King
1994 · Rob Minkoff
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His thrillers obsessively explore how ordinary people are betrayed by those closest to them and how trust can be weaponized as a tool of manipulation.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His films systematically deconstruct the fragility of trust in relationships and institutions, examining how betrayal emerges from moral ambiguity and hidden cruelty.

 Karyn Kusama United States

Her work intensely probes intimate betrayals between partners and friends, revealing how trust shatters under psychological pressure and personal secrets.