THEME EXPLORATION

urban ambition

39 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Materialists
Materialists
2026 · Celine Song
Carrie
Carrie
1952 · William Wyler
La escopeta nacional
La escopeta nacional
1978 · Luis García Berlanga
Miquette et sa mère
Miquette et sa mère
1950 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Intimate Lighting
Intimate Lighting
1965 · Ivan Passer
The Crowd
The Crowd
1928 · King Vidor
Here We for Example...
Here We for Example...
1977 · Sergio Corbucci
7 Days in Havana
7 Days in Havana
2012 · Gaspar Noé & Julio Medem
A Beautiful Life
A Beautiful Life
2011 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
DiDi Hollywood
DiDi Hollywood
2010 · Bigas Luna & Seth Gordon
Dil Bole Hadippa!
Dil Bole Hadippa!
2009 · Anurag Singh
Life at the Top
Life at the Top
1965 · Ted Kotcheff
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
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
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
2011 · Gareth Evans
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
West Beirut
West Beirut
1998 · Ziad Doueiri
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
From Afar
From Afar
2015 · Lorenzo Vigas
Malee and the Boy
Malee and the Boy
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese United States

His films like Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street obsessively explore the hunger for power, wealth, and recognition in urban landscapes.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually stunning films capture the dreams, desires, and moral compromises of ambitious individuals navigating fast-paced urban environments.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema examines how urban ambition and class struggle intersect, revealing the human cost of societal aspiration.