Season four of YOU aired on Netflix last year and was all about the ‘Eat the Rich’ killer. While the exact identity of the supervillain is contentious — saying more would only give away spoilers — the latest season did a terrific job characterising the life of the filthy rich (in the UK, in this case) and their careless dismissal of anyone outside their diamond-encrusted circles.
Over four years ago, Bong Joon-Ho created Parasite, a South Korean film highlighting the class divide prevalent in the nation, a thrilling storyline that ended up winning an Oscar for best picture in 2020. More recently, Saltburn, an Emerald Fennell film starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike, dabbled in similar themes, spinning a complex narrative about a scholarship student befriending an affluent classmate and spending the summer at his estate, where things get… downright weird. Closer home in Bollywood, movies like Page 3 and Shaitan have featured as exposes of the lives of Crazy Rich Indians.
To this end, here’s a roundup of some exciting titles around the lives of the richie-rich and the darkness beneath all that glitz and glam. You can catch these on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more.
8 films on Netflix, Amazon Prime & more that show the dark side of being filthy rich
1. Parasite (2019)
This gripping, satirical tale about the existing class divide in South Korea plays out through the medium of two families — the uber-rich Park family and the Kims, who manipulate their way into being employed at their lavish home. When the Parks leave town for a vacation, the Kims reign supreme over their home and belongings… but things take a drastic turn when a dark secret is revealed within the dungeons. The following floods destroy the Kim household while failing to make even a scratch on the Parks’ livelihood. The gory sequence that follows is a direct consequence of precisely that.
2. Saltburn (2023)
