Ambitious movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ambitious movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, stylized, captivating, clever and dramatic films and TV shows about / with ambitious, show, ambition, boss, workplace situations, workplace, hebrew, friendship, coworker and urban plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ambitious: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), House of Lies (2012), Suits (2011), 2 Broke Girls (2011), Nip/Tuck (2003), Mr Selfridge (2013), The Help (2011), Mildred Pierce (2011), Boss (2011), Top Boy (2011).
Best films
New films
| Holy Cash (2024) | 5.4 | |
| Outrageous (2025) | 7.4 | |
| The Forsytes (2025) | 6.3 | |
| The Long Game (2023) | 6.7 | |
| Bezos (2023) | 4.4 |
List of ambitious movies
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, ...
Style:
sexy, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
satire, greed, profanity, dark humor, single parent, father son relationship, african american, workplace situations, power relations, flirting, ethics, ambitious ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by ...
Style:
captivating, witty, serious, talky, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night, family outing
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, legal, photographic memory, hotshot lawyer, boss, success, corporate world, workplace situations, talented, prodigy, ambitious ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, syria
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, financial problem, money raising, everyday life, lifestyle change, female friendship, workplace situations, friends, friendship, diner, adult humor, waitress ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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62K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
Style:
sexy, medical drama, sexual, erotic, realistic ...
Plot:
plastic surgery, couples, partnership, husband wife relationship, surgical operation, womanizer, friendship, dark humor, family problems, hospital, plastic surgeon, surgery ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, miami, florida
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
businessman, high society, rise to the top, visionary, department store, success, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, career, boss, manager ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, britain
Is relevant?
525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A newly divorced, uniquely independent woman struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family in Depression-era California.
Style:
emotional, clever, costume drama, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
housewife, single parent, tragic event, struggle, divorce, depression, friendship, lovers, ambitious, social differences, heroine, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, glendale california, tokyo
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
Style:
political, clever, cynical, erotic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, mayor, boss, political intrigue, career, mental illness, dishonesty, power struggle, ambitious, corruption, ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Is relevant?
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Style:
serious, sincere, suspenseful, rough, anime ...
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, ambitious, leader, drug dealing, society, rivalry, teenage life, poverty, right hand man, partners in crime, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, east end london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, period piece, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, workplace situations, rise to the top, high society, success, workplace, love affair, nouveau riche, love and romance, department store, hot and sexy, workplace problem ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, period piece, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, mob boss, businessman, prohibition, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, federal agent, female nudity, corruption, crime boss ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, cuba, atlantic city, chicago ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011 to May 28, 2013 and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. The ...
Style:
serious, captivating, witty, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
medical, medical examiner, investigation, forensics, who done it, murder investigation, bodies, law enforcement, unconventional method, female protagonist, talented, medical examination ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, slavery, old west, rivalry, tough heroes, courage, shooting, ambitious, business venture, haunted by the past, rivals, historical character ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, syria
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
At Sydney's National Dance Academy, a few talented youngsters are recruited for the excruciatingly tough course. It follows Tara Webster, a sheepfarmgirl who's ambition is to be the next best ballerina. Jewish long line of doctors' ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
ballet, dancer's life, dance, dancing, teacher, ambitious, dance school, friendship, teenage life, hopes, talented, dancer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Before she was a fashion icon, before her column in the New York Star, before Mr. Big, Carrie Bradshaw was an innocent 16-year-old girl living in suburban Connecticut.
Style:
captivating, exciting, semi serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, youth, teenage girl, high school life, teenage life, boyfriend, friends, gay couple, prom, first sex, first love, teenage boy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, syria
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, entertaining, clever, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
computer, geek, programmer, computer genius, startup, computers and web, computer system, workplace situations, businessman, friends, workplace, ambition ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, bay area, palo alto california
Is relevant?
82K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
Style:
witty, sexy, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, sex scene, friends, young adult, nudity, sex, woman urinating, roommate, city life, female friendship, strong sexual content, oral sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, idaho, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
189K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, intellectual, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, teamwork, law enforcement, crime investigation, expert, scientist, ambitious, police investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place:
miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
Is relevant?
262K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, suspense, sexy, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, gang, gangster, bootlegging, violence, vigilante, greed, corruption, prohibition era, prohibition, robbery ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1931 ...
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, america, north america ...
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123K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.
Style:
humorous, computer animated, exciting, 3d animation, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
racing, contests and competitions, chases and races, follow your dream, friends, snail, ambition, escapades, supportive friend, ambitious, race, chase ...
Time:
year 2013, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
indiana, usa, midwest, indianapolis indiana
Is relevant?
244K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 583 min.
TV show
Story:
Pan Am is an American period drama television series created by writer Jack Orman. Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, the series features the pilots and stewardesses of the airline as it operated in the early 1960s at the beginning of ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, sentimental, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
stewardess, bohemian life, airport, airline, female protagonist, ambitious, sexism, workplace, workplace problem, sexual tension, parent child relationship, boss ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, parody, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, sketch, lifestyle, ambition, ambitious, human relationship, goofy hero, social satire, city life, sexual humor, anarchist, urbanization ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Trying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to fruition. With the help of ...
Style:
erotic, semi serious, stylized, sensual, captivating ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, businessman, follow your dream, group of friends, determination, party, young woman, lifestyle, ambition, ambitious, success, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
134K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of ...
Style:
clever, political, realistic, sincere, dramatic ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, ethics, journalist, news, workaholic, against the rules, ambitious, workplace, rebellion, power of media, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, syria, usa
Is relevant?
71K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, political, clever, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, american politics, vice president, female protagonist, political satire, ambitious woman, political scandal, president, mother daughter relationship, female politician, white house, politician ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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