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THEME EXPLORATION

entrepreneurship and redemption

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hero
Hero
1992 · Stephen Frears
Better Times
Better Times
1919 · King Vidor
The Guilt Trip
The Guilt Trip
2012 · Anne Fletcher
D.C. Cab
D.C. Cab
1983 · Joel Schumacher
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese → USA

His films repeatedly explore flawed protagonists seeking redemption through struggle and transformation, often against urban entrepreneurial backdrops.

Wes Anderson → USA

He examines ambitious individuals building empires and empires collapsing, intertwining entrepreneurial ambition with moral reckoning and personal redemption.

Darren Aronofsky → USA

His obsessive protagonists pursue creative or financial ventures while battling internal demons, culminating in profound meditations on failure, sacrifice, and redemption.

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