Here we've displayed a list of the best Ambition films : It's a Wonderful Life(1946), Hoop Dreams(1994), Amadeus(1984), The Apartment(1960), All About Eve(1950), Heat(1995), Fitzcarraldo(1982), Rocky(1976), The Red Shoes(1948), Limelight(1952), Network(1976), The Wild Pear Tree(2018) ... ...
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Documentary, Drama
USA
1994
174 Minutes
William Gates Arthur Agee Sheila Agee Isiah Thomas Bill Gleason
basketball player teenager mother father coach teacher uplifting powerful gutsy emotional chicago westchester, ill. basketball court family home basketball ambition high school racism class distinctions growing up
A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|France|Czechoslovakia|Italy
1984
158 Minutes
F. Murray Abraham Thomas Hulce Jeffrey Jones Elizabeth Berridge Simon Callow Roy Dotrice Christine Ebersole Charles Kay Kenny Baker Lisbeth Bartlett Barbara Bryne
composer rival musician engaging passionate vienna royal court ambition music jealousy deception wolfgang amadeus mozart royalty rivalry fall 18th century
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Ray Walston David Lewis Jack Kruschen Joan Shawlee Edie Adams Hope Holiday Naomi Stevens Frances Weintraub Lax
insurance salesman manager mistress charming witty tender dark new york city apartment office romance infidelity ambition big business love rivalry underdog 1960s
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Drama
USA
1950
138 Minutes
Bette Davis Anne Baxter Celeste Holm George Sanders Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Thelma Ritter Marilyn Monroe Gregory Ratoff Barbara Bates Walter Hampden
actress critic producer writer director witty crafty stage restaurant new york city dressing room household ambition theater production show business quest rivalry 1950s
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Crime, Drama
USA
1995
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Robert De Niro Val Kilmer Jon Voight Tom Sizemore Diane Venora Amy Brenneman Ashley Judd Mykelti Williamson Wes Studi Ted Levine
criminal lieutenant wife daughter fence killer frenetic gripping suspenseful cool intense los angeles police station hideout bank secret hideout big city crime ambition robbery
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.
Drama
West Germany|Peru
1982
160 Minutes
Klaus Kinski Claudia Cardinale José Lewgoy Miguel Angel Fuentes Paul Hittscher Grande Otelo Peter Berling David Pérez Espinosa
entrepreneur madam native missionary creative fascinating gripping outlandish peru amazon mountain jungle insanity obsession ambition adventure quest pursuit 1890s
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Drama
USA
1976
119 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burgess Meredith Burt Young Carl Weathers Thayer David Joe Spinell James Gambina Al Silvani George Memmoli
rocky balboa gym owner meatpacker boxer girlfriend loan shark endearing inspiring gripping philadelphia gym freezer boxing ring ambition daunting task boxing love underdog rise 1970s
A small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Romance, Drama
UK
1948
133 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Moira Shearer Anton Walbrook Marius Goring Robert Helpmann Leonide Massine Albert Basserman Ludmilla Tcherina Esmond Knight
dancer instructor composer emotional passionate spirited france waterfront stage ambition dance love romance forbidden love rivalry discovery rise sacrifice 1940s
A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1952
145 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Claire Bloom Sydney Chaplin Nigel Bruce Buster Keaton Norman Lloyd Andre Eglevsky Melissa Hayden
clown dancer composer theater owner amusing melodramatic sad london stage dressing room office street apartment theater ambition love aging rise sacrifice love
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
121 Minutes
Faye Dunaway Peter Finch William Holden Robert Duvall Beatrice Straight Wesley Addy Ned Beatty Arthur Burghardt Bill Burrows John Carpenter Jordan Charney
news reporter television producer terrorist emotional striking witty gutsy television studio new york city meaning of life ambition disillusionment fame television discovery transformation 1970s
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.
Drama
Turkey|Republic of North Macedonia|France|Germany|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bulgaria|Sweden|Qatar
2018
188 Minutes
Dogu Demirkol Murat Cemcir Bennu Yildirimlar Hazar Ergüclü Serkan Keskin Tamer Levent Öner Erkan Rifat Sungar Akin Aksu Kubilay Tunçer Ercüment Balakoglu
gambler mother aspiring writer villager father bleak emotional brooding village home ambition going home 2010s
An unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Alec Guinness Dennis Price Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Miles Malleson Hugh Griffith Jeremy Spenser Arthur Lowe
murderer wealthy man girlfriend admiral minister lady cheeky madcap england castle prison death family ambition class distinctions revenge fall 1900s
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Drama
USA
2006
116 Minutes
Will Smith Jaden Smith Thandie Newton Brian Howe James Karen Dan Castellaneta Kurt Fuller Takayo Fischer Kevin West Domenic Bove Scott Klace
salesman son boss stockbroker wife emotional dark san francisco hotel stadium office parenthood homelessness eviction ambition financial crisis discovery sacrifice fall 1980s
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Drama
Switzerland|France|Italy
1986
122 Minutes
Yves Montand Gérard Depardieu Daniel Auteuil Elisabeth Depardieu Ernestine Mazurowna Marcel Champel Armand Meffre Margarita Lozano Andre Dupon Pierre Nougaro Jean Maurel
nephew uncle farmer neighbor aunt spirited emotional melodramatic intense france farm countryside mountain provence, france ambition aspirations farming competition deception daunting task
A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
Drama
Poland
1975
138 Minutes
Daniel Olbrychski Wojciech Pszoniak Andrzej Seweryn Kalina Jedrusik
businessman friend partner rival wife mistress emotional melodramatic poland lodz, poland factory ambition deception romance infidelity friendship business rivalry temptation rise
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
2009
154 Minutes
Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif Hichem Yacoubi Reda Kateb Antoine Basler Gilles Cohen Pascal Henault Foued Nassah Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
convict mobster prisoner engaging gripping tense france prison crime ambition murder organized crime prison racism growing up discovery rivalry rise 2000s
A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2014
117 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Rene Russo Bill Paxton Riz Ahmed Ann Cusack Kevin Rahm Michael Hyatt Viviana Chavez Chad Guerrero Kathleen York
scavenger thief cameraman director friend police detective brooding dark intense los angeles highway car newsroom office police station accident ambition voyeurism money crime
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Comedy
France|Italy|Spain
1972
100 Minutes
Fernando Rey Delphine Seyrig Stéphane Audran Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Frankeur Bulle Ogier
ambassador husband wife sister wealthy man wealthy woman creative dreamy intricate mansion inn highway family home class distinctions wealth ambition paranoia quest 1970s
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Drama
USA
1997
152 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Burt Reynolds Julianne Moore John C. Reilly Don Cheadle Heather Graham Luis Guzman Philip Seymour Hoffman William H. Macy Alfred Molina Philip Baker Hall
porn star filmmaker mother husband wife creative unrestrained offbeat san fernando valley nightclub mansion las vegas california ambition fame addiction show business pornography infidelity rise
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
Lana Turner John Gavin Sandra Dee Dan O'Herlihy Susan Kohner Robert Alda Juanita Moore Mahalia Jackson Troy Donahue
actress caretaker daughter playwright detective engaging moving melodramatic new york city california beach house ambition career fame identity mother/daughter relationship race relations pursuit rise
An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1968
132 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Katharine Hepburn Jane Merrow John Castle Timothy Dalton Anthony Hopkins Nigel Stock Nigel Terry Kenneth Griffith O.Z. Whitehead Kenneth Ives
king henry ii queen prince mistress son engaging intricate powerful castle france royal life ambition competition historical events family rivalry pursuit middle ages
1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
2009
88 Minutes
neighbor farmer fox wife rat creative crafty quirky witty farm household ambition armed conflict robbery friendship kidnapping adventure pursuit rescue 2000s
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1950
95 Minutes
Richard Widmark Gene Tierney Googie Withers Stanislaus Zbyszko
con artist girlfriend wrestler nightclub owner wife designer bleak gripping powerful london nightclub barge river thames gym ambition fraud wrestling deception downward spiral con game
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
Drama
West Germany|Hungary|Austria
1981
135 Minutes
Klaus Maria Brandauer Krystyna Janda Ildiko Bansagi Karin Boyd Rolf Hoppe Christine Harbort
actor wife mistress nazi dancer patron dark profound disheartening opera house stage dressing room ballroom apartment ambition theater politics faust fall 1930s
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor finds himself before a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Crime, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
2007
157 Minutes
Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Chiwetel Ejiofor Cuba Gooding Jr. Josh Brolin Ted Levine Armand Assante RZA John Ortiz John Hawkes Roger Guenveur Smith
detective mobster gangster police officer gritty dark new york city restaurant police station nightclub drug trafficking organized crime ambition murder mafia corruption pursuit revenge 1990s
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Biography
India
2017
100 Minutes
Rahul Bose Dhritiman Chatterjee Arif Zakaria John Kottoly Heeba Shah Aditi Inamdar Keshav Deepak Gyanendra Tripathi Manoj Kumar Ramesh Birajdar
young girl rock climber friend inspiring emotional melodramatic rousing moving intense india mountain mount everest talent training mountain climbing trust ambition adventure discovery underdog
An Adivasi 13-year-old from Telangana becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1983
101 Minutes
Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhard Diahnne Abbott Shelley Hack Lou Brown Margo Winkler
comedian stalker talk show host mother friend offbeat amusing wild basement new york city country house celebrity obsession stalking kidnapping determination ambition quest underdog rise
Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
Drama
USA
1999
108 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Chris Cooper Laura Dern Chris Owen William Lee Scott Chad Lindberg Natalie Canerday Scott Miles Randy Stripling Chris Ellis O. Winston Link
coal miner student teacher scientist uplifting tense creative west virginia coal mine space travel father/son relationship ambition small-town life dreams underdog transformation rise 1950s
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Drama
USA
2000
113 Minutes
Denzel Washington Will Patton Donald Faison Wood Harris Ryan Hurst Kate Bosworth Ethan Suplee Nicole Parker Kip Pardue Craig Kirkwood Burgess Jenkins
coach football player racist homophobe student friend inspiring emotional gutsy virginia high school football field racism ambition football training prejudice teamwork sports discovery
The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.