THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and desperation

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
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
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Henry V
Henry V
1989 · —
Reprise
Reprise
2006 · Joachim Trier
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Sick of Myself
Sick of Myself
2022 · Kristoffer Borgli
2DIE4
2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
823 Hostage Crisis
823 Hostage Crisis
2026 · Tony Leung Hung-Wah
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
Chand Mera Dil
Chand Mera Dil
2026 · Vivek Soni
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
Eagles of the Republic
Eagles of the Republic
2026 · Tarik Saleh
Doubles Match
Doubles Match
2026 · Hung Po-hao
Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames
Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames
2026 · Naoya Ando
Ídolos
Ídolos
2026 · Mat Whitecross
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson
Mexico 86
Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein
Power Ballad
Power Ballad
2026 · John Carney
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull obsessively explore characters consumed by ambition and psychological desperation in urban America.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

Black Swan and The Wrestler depict protagonists spiraling into obsession and desperation as they pursue artistic perfection and recognition.

 Gaspar Noé France

His visceral films like Irréversible and Climax examine how ambition and desperation destroy lives through unflinching psychological and physical intensity.