THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and failure

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two
2008 · Steven Soderbergh
The Magnificent Dope
The Magnificent Dope
1942 · Walter Lang
Sato and Sato
Sato and Sato
2026 · Chihiro Amano
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Mark Osborne USA

Blends meticulous animation with deeply human stories of dreamers confronting reality.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

His films obsessively explore protagonists consumed by all-consuming ambitions that spiral into psychological devastation and failure.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He unflinchingly depicts how ambition breeds moral corruption and how failure exposes the fragility of human constructs and relationships.