THEME EXPLORATION

fate vs. ambition

37 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo Cruz
1955 · Luis Buñuel
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 · Akira Kurosawa
Ramona
Ramona
2022 · Andrea Bagney
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 · Joel Coen
Life or Something Like It
Life or Something Like It
2002 · Stephen Herek
The Storm Riders
The Storm Riders
1998 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
Henry V
Henry V
1989 · —
Reprise
Reprise
2006 · Joachim Trier
Shadow Play
Shadow Play
1997 · Martine Dugowson
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Sick of Myself
Sick of Myself
2022 · Kristoffer Borgli
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
2DIE4
2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala
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
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky United States

His films like 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan' obsessively explore how ambition destroys individuals while questioning whether their downfall was inevitable or self-inflicted.

 Terrence Malick United States

Through philosophical meditations in films like 'The Tree of Life' and 'Days of Heaven', he examines the tension between human striving and the inexorable forces of nature and time.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Fallen Angels' capture characters trapped between their passionate ambitions and the cyclical, inescapable patterns of fate.