THEME EXPLORATION

street life and ambition

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Honey 2
Honey 2
2011 · Bille Woodruff
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
An American in Paris
An American in Paris
1951 · Vincente Minnelli
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
Carrie
Carrie
1952 · William Wyler
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull explore ambition's corrupting influence on individuals navigating urban street life and moral decay.

 John Lee Hancock United States

Do the Right Thing and Clockers examine the tensions between survival, aspiration, and systemic inequality within street communities.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His neo-realist works like Kes and I, Daniel Blake capture how economic desperation shapes ambition and street-level survival in working-class life.