THEME EXPLORATION

violence and danger

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scary Movie
Scary Movie
2026 · Michael Tiddes
Macabre
Macabre
2009 · Timo Tjahjanto
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His films explore the visceral intersection of bodily horror, psychological danger, and violence as inevitable human experiences.

 Park Chan-wook South Korea

He examines violence with aesthetic precision and moral complexity, investigating cycles of revenge and the psychological consequences of danger.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His provocative films interrogate audience complicity in violence while depicting danger as an inescapable element of modern existence.