THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and wealth

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
A Romance of Happy Valley
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 · D.W. Griffith
Back Pay
Back Pay
1922 · Frank Borzage
David Golder
David Golder
1931 · Julien Duvivier
Loro
Loro
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
1933 · George Cukor
Crimson Gold
Crimson Gold
2003 · Jafar Panahi
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like The Wolf of Wall Street and Casino obsessively explore the intoxicating pursuit of wealth and its corrupting influence on ambition.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Parasite and Memories of Murder dissect class ambition and how wealth disparity drives human desperation and moral compromise.