THEME EXPLORATION

lost ambition

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His oeuvre examines the existential emptiness of modern life and characters adrift from their aspirations, most notably in 'L'Avventura' and 'The Red Desert'.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His naturalistic character studies in films like 'Another Year' and 'Happy-Go-Lucky' reveal how ordinary people live with unfulfilled ambitions and compromised expectations.