Movies and TvShows featuring "ambitious-wife" theme.

In medieval Scotland, a brave warrior named Macbeth receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become king. Driven by his ambition and encouraged by his manipulative wife, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth commits murder to seize the throne. As he descends into madness and paranoia, Macbeth's reign is plagued by guilt, betrayal, and a blood-soaked path to his ultimate downfall.

Alice Adams, a small-town girl, tries to improve her social status by dating a wealthy playboy. Along the way, she faces challenges like unemployment, theft, and prejudice.

In Woman's World, three women working at an automobile company vie for a promotion as they navigate their personal struggles and relationships. With ambition, love, and challenges, they strive to find their place in a man's world.

In post-World War II America, a group of neighbors in a suburban community navigate through their marriages, careers, and personal struggles, all while trying to achieve the elusive American dream. The film explores themes of alcoholism, dysfunctional marriages, racial prejudice, and the pursuit of upward mobility.

Napolean Pettersson is a placid, contented small town storekeeper transplanted into a fashionable big-city home by his overly-ambitious family. He attempts to adjust himself to his new life, but everything he does is inevitably wrong...and funny. Finally he rebels at the members of his family who forced him into these situations, and leaves to take up where he left off at his store.

The Johnsons' scheme of keeping up appearances to fit in with NYC's high society hits a snag when they lie about going on an African safari. Various unwanted characters show up to use their 'empty' apartment forcing them to hide from them,

Françoise Marinier, a strong-willed young woman, won't accept a husband being forced on her. She left her family and moved to Paris, where she found work as a secretary for a fashionable artist, Edith Mars. The understanding Edith Mars encourages Françoise's budding love affair with an embassy attaché. Edith is the mistress of the Minister of Justice, and the Marinier parents arrive believing it's their daughter they're interviewing. While Mme Marinier puts up with it, her husband is scandalized. Gr ce to Edith, all confusion cleared up, the father is promoted to magistrate and Françoise marries.