THEME EXPLORATION

wealth and excess

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
The Aviator
The Aviator
2004 · Martin Scorsese
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2013 · Baz Luhrmann
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Bryan Singer
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
The Christophers
The Christophers
2026 · Steven Soderbergh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films like *The Wolf of Wall Street* and *Casino* obsessively examine the intoxicating allure and moral corruption of wealth and excess.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

Works such as *Antichrist* and *Nymphomaniac* probe the psychological depths of excess and depravity with unflinching intensity.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His provocative masterpiece *Salò* presents excess and decadence as a mirror to societal decay and the corruption of power.