Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "ambition", "archive-footage"

1. Suspiria (I) (2018)

R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela

Votes: 92,559 | Gross: $2.47M

2. The Founder (2016)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 177,737 | Gross: $12.79M

3. Definitely, Maybe (2008)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.

Director: Adam Brooks | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, Abigail Breslin, An Nguyen

Votes: 173,370 | Gross: $31.97M

4. Cross of Iron (1977)

R | 119 min | Drama, War

German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner

Votes: 29,210

5. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,689 | Gross: $37.31M

6. W. (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Hanks

Votes: 50,060 | Gross: $25.53M

7. The Damned United (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington

Votes: 45,934 | Gross: $0.45M

8. Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Despite obstacles, 16-year-old Jamie has the courage to fabulously follow his unconventional dream.

Directors: Jonathan Butterell, Dan Gillespie Sells, Tom MacRae | Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati

Votes: 7,689

9. Marley (2012)

PG-13 | 144 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy Cliff

Votes: 14,513 | Gross: $1.41M

10. Amelia (2009)

PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston

Votes: 13,627 | Gross: $14.24M

11. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones

Votes: 8,299 | Gross: $4.81M

12. The Cost of Deception (2021)

125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.

Director: Keith English | Stars: Vivianne Bánovits, András Mózes, Barna Bokor, Gabriella Gubás

Votes: 40,551

13. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 4,809

14. The Cake General (2018)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.

Directors: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Helena Bergström, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Tomas von Brömssen

Votes: 4,954

15. My Way (2012)

148 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A biopic of French pop star Claude François, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

Director: Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini, Sabrina Seyvecou

Votes: 3,175

16. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Karleen Bennett, Laura Joplin

Votes: 5,643 | Gross: $0.41M

17. Client 9 (2010)

R | 117 min | Documentary

An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, Hulbert Waldroup, Lloyd Constantine

Votes: 2,593 | Gross: $0.19M

18. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)

109 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.

Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin

Votes: 225

19. The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A somewhat different take on Custer's motivation that changed him from a defender of Native-American rights into a politically-driven, headline-seeker chastiser of the Sioux during the 1870s.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey, Julie Sommars

Votes: 709

20. Indianapolis Speedway (1939)

Approved | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Joe is the three-time Indy champion who still races to put young Eddie through college. Joe wants a better life for Eddie, and he explodes when he finds out that Eddie quit school for a ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, John Payne, Gale Page

Votes: 254

21. Making the Boys (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement, the film explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to ... See full summary »

Director: Crayton Robey | Stars: Edward Albee, Joe Allen, Matt Baney, David Carter

Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.03M

22. The Human Face (2001– )

200 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

This four part BBC mini-series examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion.

Stars: John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley, David Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan

Votes: 593

23. Radio City Revels (1938)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A songwriter uses the songs one of his pupils writes while sleeping for his own contract.

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Bob Burns, Jack Oakie, Kenny Baker, Ann Miller

Votes: 128 | Gross: $0.51M

24. The True Story of Alexander the Great (2005 Video)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Alexander the Great conquered Greece, Turkey, most of Asia (present Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of others) and Egypt in Africa, before age 32. Even now, his innovations in battle continue to be studied.

Director: Jim Lindsay | Stars: Peter Woodward, Rafael Ferrer, Michael Cardelle, Frantz Widmaier

Votes: 120

25. London: The Modern Babylon (2012)

Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary, History, Music

London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Keith Allen, Michael Gambon, Steve Jones, Bill Nighy

Votes: 656

26. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

27. Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Ted Mason is a studio guide at CBS Television in Hollywood. His ambition is to get a break and become a headline singer such as 'Frankie Laine (I)', Toni Arden, and Billy Daniels, whom he ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland

Votes: 106

28. Transistorized! (1999 TV Movie)

TV-G | 57 min | Documentary, History

The story behind the creation of the transistor, one of the 20th century's most important inventions.

Director: Gary Glassman | Stars: Ira Flatow, David Bouvier, Richard O'Rourke, Eliot Cohen

Votes: 22

29. Emergency Squad (1940)

Approved | 58 min | Drama

Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: William Henry, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning, Robert Paige

Votes: 51

30. Two in a Taxi (1941)

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy Owens (Russell Hayden) is a driver for a taxicab-fleet trying to scrape together $300.00 in order to buy a small, roadside gas station from its elderly owner George Cleveland. In ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anita Louise, Russell Hayden, Noah Beery Jr., Dick Purcell

Votes: 30

31. Venus Makes Trouble (1937)

Approved | 58 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A fast-talking, street-wise con-man forsakes the tank-towns of Pennsylvania for the greener pastures in Manhattan, and gains fame-and-fortune as New York City's number one merchandise ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: James Dunn, Patricia Ellis, Gene Morgan, Astrid Allwyn

Votes: 35

32. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court (2023)

TV-MA | 115 min | Documentary, News

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the story of their path to power.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Jill Abramson, Brooke Nelson Alexander, Kurt Andersen

Votes: 64