THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and rise to power

28 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Vincente Minnelli
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
GoodFellas
GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese
The Fight for Rome
The Fight for Rome
1968 · Robert Siodmak
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man
Eagles of the Republic
Eagles of the Republic
2026 · Tarik Saleh
Mexico 86
Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein
Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya
Jules César
Jules César
1954 · Jean Renoir
Raja Shivaji
Raja Shivaji
2026 · Riteish Deshmukh
La escopeta nacional
La escopeta nacional
1978 · Luis García Berlanga
L’ivresse du pouvoir
L’ivresse du pouvoir
2006 · Claude Chabrol
Broken Voices
Broken Voices
2025 · Ondřej Provazník
The Deal
The Deal
2003 · Stephen Frears
The Mobfathers
The Mobfathers
2016 · Herman Yau
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
The Club
The Club
2015 · Pablo Larraín
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
Mongol
Mongol
2007 · Sergei Bodrov
Sarit
Sarit
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola USA

His Godfather trilogy and Scarface explorations of power acquisition and corruption remain definitive cinematic studies of ambition's corrupting influence.

 Luchino Visconti Italy

His operatic epics like The Leopard and Death in Venice dissect aristocratic ambition, political upheaval, and the price of power with unmatched psychological depth.