THEME EXPLORATION

consequences of ambition

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty
2003 · Tom Shadyac
Minions & Monsters
Minions & Monsters
2026 · Pierre Coffin
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
The Last Trick
The Last Trick
1964 · Jan Švankmajer
Liar Wanted
Liar Wanted
1961 · Yannis Dalianidis
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
Cut Bank
Cut Bank
2014 · Matt Shakman
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
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder USA/Austria

Films like Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment explore how ambition in Hollywood and corporate America destroys personal integrity and relationships.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

His visceral psychological dramas—Black Swan, The Wrestler, Mother—depict ambition as a self-destructive obsession that consumes the protagonist.