THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and greed

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon
1929 · Fritz Lang
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Robert Altman
David Golder
David Golder
1931 · Julien Duvivier
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes
1941 · William Wyler
Finian’s Rainbow
Finian’s Rainbow
1968 · Francis Ford Coppola
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
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films like *Raging Bull*, *Goodfellas*, and *The Wolf of Wall Street* obsessively explore how ambition and greed corrupt individuals and communities.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He examines obsessive ambition and its destructive consequences in films like *Black Swan*, *The Wrestler*, and *Requiem for a Dream*.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

His works including *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* incisively critique class ambition and the moral compromises greed forces upon people.