THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and temptation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Taylor Hackford
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
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
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
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-United States

His films like Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment dissect how ambition corrupts characters and temptation leads to moral compromise in ruthless environments.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films like In the Mood for Love and Fallen Angels examine how desire and ambition tempt characters into morally ambiguous choices.