Movies About Greed and Ambition

Kinora's catalogue lists 44 films about greed and ambition, spanning 1949–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1964

  A Fistful of Dollars

  1800s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
• 1998

  A Simple Plan

  Minnesota — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Sam Raimi
• 1972

  Aguirre, the Wrath of God

  Peru — 1700s
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
• 2016

  Aquarius

  Recife — 2010s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
• 2022

  Babylon

  Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
• 1975

  Barry Lyndon

  Ireland · Germany — 1700s
  Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1981

  Body Heat

  1980s
  Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Lawrence Kasdan
• 1997

  Boogie Nights

  Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 1995

  Casino

  Las Vegas — 1970s · 1980s
  Desert · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1999

  Election

  Omaha — 1990s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne
• 1996

  Fargo

  Minneapolis · North Dakota · Minnesota — 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 2020

  First Cow

  Oregon — 1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt
• 1990

  GoodFellas

  New York City · Tampa — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2016

  Hell or High Water

  Texas — 2010s
  Ruraldir. David Mackenzie
• 1963

  High and Low

  Yokohama — 1960s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2023

  Killers of the Flower Moon

  Oklahoma — 1920s
  Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese
• 2012

  Killing Them Softly

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Andrew Dominik
• 2019

  Knives Out

  Massachusetts — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Rian Johnson
• 2016

  La La Land

  Los Angeles — 2010s
  Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
• 1998

  Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

  London — 1990s
  Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
• 1971

  McCabe & Mrs. Miller

  1900s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Altman
• 2011

  Moneyball

  Oakland — 2000s
  Urbandir. Bennett Miller
• 2021

  Nightmare Alley

  Buffalo — 1930s · 1940s
  Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro
• 2007

  No Country for Old Men

  Texas — 1980s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Joel Coen
• 1968

  Once Upon a Time in the West

  1800s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone
• 2019

  Parasite

  Seoul — 2010s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
• 1981

  Raiders of the Lost Ark

  Cairo · Nepal — 1930s
  Desert · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2008

  RocknRolla

  London — 2000s
  Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
• 2000

  Snatch

  London · Antwerp — 2000s
  Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
• 2018

  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  1800s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen
• 1993

  The Firm

  Memphis · Cayman Islands — 1990s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sydney Pollack
• 1966

  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  1800s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
• 1980

  The Long Good Friday

  London — 1970s
  Urbandir. John Mackenzie
• 2010

  The Social Network

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 1949

  The Third Man

  Vienna — 1940s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed
• 1987

  The Untouchables

  Chicago — 1930s
  Urbandir. Brian De Palma
• 1953

  The Wages of Fear

  1950s
  Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 2013

  The Wolf of Wall Street

  New York City — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2007

  There Will Be Blood

  California — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s
  Ruraldir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2018

  Tumbbad

  India — 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
  Ruraldir. Rahi Anil Barve
• 1953

  Ugetsu

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
• 2019

  Uncut Gems

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Benny Safdie
• 1975

  Xala

  Dakar — 1970s
  Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène
• 1961

  Yojimbo

  Japan — 1800s
  Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa