THEME EXPLORATION

unfulfilled 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
The Slugger’s Wife
The Slugger’s Wife
1985 · Hal Ashby
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
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
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
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His films like Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment dissect the hollowness of pursuing success in Hollywood and corporate America, revealing how ambition corrupts and destroys.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films such as Ikiru and Rashomon explore how ambition, pride, and unfulfilled dreams shape human relationships and personal redemption in ways both devastating and profound.