THEME EXPLORATION

sweepstakes fortune

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
A Rich Revenge
A Rich Revenge
1910 · D.W. Griffith
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Jonathan Demme
The Heiress
The Heiress
1949 · William Wyler
The Holcroft Covenant
The Holcroft Covenant
1985 · John Frankenheimer
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
Hands Across the Table
Hands Across the Table
1935 · Mitchell Leisen
The Winner
The Winner
1996 · Alex Cox
Action of the Tiger
Action of the Tiger
1957 · Terence Young
The Winsome Widow
The Winsome Widow
1973 · Mariano Laurenti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

Repeatedly explores gambling, risk, and fate's role in determining fortune through films like Casino and The Gambler.

 Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

Examines chance, coincidence, and the unpredictable nature of fortune interweaving multiple narratives in works like Babel and Birdman.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

Visualizes luck, destiny, and romantic fortune through stylized narratives where characters' fates hang on moments of chance in films like Chungking Express.