THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and desperation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His films like Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment dissect ambition's corrosive effects on morality and relationships in ruthless detail.

 Martin Scorsese USA

From Taxi Driver to The Wolf of Wall Street, he portrays characters consumed by desperate hunger for power, wealth, and validation.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

Black Swan and The Wrestler explore obsessive ambition and desperation with visceral psychological intensity and body horror.