THEME EXPLORATION

technological ambition

38 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir

Back to the Past

Back to the Past
2025 · Jack Lai Jan-Lung

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly

Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott

Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore

Viktor und Viktoria

Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel

Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls

Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski

Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro

Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty

Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour

The Young Girls of Rochefort

The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino

7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia

Savage Messiah
1972 · Ken Russell

Nokia Short
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Henry V
1989 · —

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki

Reprise
2006 · Joachim Trier

Shadow Play
1997 · Martine Dugowson

State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski

Year of the Devil

Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka

Sick of Myself
2022 · Kristoffer Borgli

Boys Go to Jupiter

Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander

2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala

All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama

Chand Mera Dil
2026 · Vivek Soni

Cold War 1994
2026 · Leung Lok-Man

Eagles of the Republic

Eagles of the Republic
2026 · Tarik Saleh

Doubles Match
2026 · Hung Po-hao

Ídolos
2026 · Mat Whitecross

Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson

Monkey Business

Monkey Business
2026 · Daniel Guzmán

Power Ballad
2026 · John Carney

Sathi Leelavathi

Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya

Smart Working
2026 · Svevo Moltrasio

Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Frant Gwo China

Scales blockbuster science fiction narratives to explore humanity's collective future.

Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival explore humanity's ambitions to create artificial consciousness and communicate across the boundaries of understanding.

Alex Garland United Kingdom

Ex Machina and Devs interrogate the hubris of technological ambition through narratives of AI creation and the limits of human control over technological systems.