THEME EXPLORATION

wealth and power

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941 · Orson Welles
La Viaccia (le Mauvais Chemin/The Lovemakers
La Viaccia (le Mauvais Chemin/The Lovemakers
1961 · Mauro Bolognini
Loro
Loro
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Anora
Anora
2024 · Sean Baker
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
Fifty Shades of Black
Fifty Shades of Black
2016 · Michael Tiddes
American Pimp
American Pimp
2000 · Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films obsessively examine the corruption, moral decay, and psychological costs of pursuing wealth and power through crime and capitalism.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

He masterfully explores class hierarchies and the destructive dynamics between wealth and poverty, using genre to expose systemic power imbalances.