THEME EXPLORATION

Hollywood ambition

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Vincente Minnelli
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Elia Kazan
Welcome to L.A.
Welcome to L.A.
1976 · Alan Rudolph
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011 · Tom Brady
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' is the definitive deconstruction of Hollywood ambition and its devastating cost on those who chase it.

 David Fincher USA

Films like 'The Social Network' and 'Gone Girl' explore the obsessive, ruthless ambition required to succeed in competitive industries and the moral compromises it demands.