THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and desire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
Carrie
Carrie
1952 · William Wyler
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Elia Kazan
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films obsessively explore the destructive nature of ambition and desire through characters consumed by greed, power, and redemption.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

He crafts visceral psychological dramas where protagonists' obsessive desires and ambitions lead to psychological unraveling and self-destruction.

 Luchino Visconti Italy

His operatic narratives examine how ambition, desire, and social climbing corrupt characters across decadent and collapsing societies.