THEME EXPLORATION

urban ambition

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Materialists
Materialists
2026 · Celine Song
Carrie
Carrie
1952 · William Wyler
La escopeta nacional
La escopeta nacional
1978 · Luis García Berlanga
Miquette et sa mère
Miquette et sa mère
1950 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Maelstrom of Paris
The Maelstrom of Paris
1928 · Julien Duvivier
To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Intimate Lighting
Intimate Lighting
1965 · Ivan Passer
The Crowd
The Crowd
1928 · King Vidor
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own
1950 · George Cukor
Here We for Example...
Here We for Example...
1977 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street obsessively explore the psychological cost of urban ambition and ruthless pursuit of success.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning works capture the melancholic isolation and unfulfilled desires of ambitious individuals navigating dense, neon-lit urban landscapes.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His meditative films examine how urban modernization and personal ambition transform identities and relationships across generational shifts in Asian cities.