In the 1980s, the building themes were transformed into bipolar moral dilemmas involving overly ambitious individuals who wanted to excel at any cost. The hero is the head of a demolition crew that demolishes large buildings, initially a sympathetic young man who, in the pursuit of career and accolades, begins to transgress the boundaries of what was then called socialist morality and legality. He gradually finds himself at odds with the principles of ordinary but honest people. The narrative's bland, proclamatory film is closely connected to its time of creation, and there are hardly any more timeless insights to be found.

Hardball
2001
6.5/10

Winged Creatures
2009
5.9/10

Fast Girls
2012
6.0/10

Hounddog
2008
6.5/10

Fast Charlie
2023
6.3/10

Hands of Stone
2016
6.6/10

Girl in the Box
2016
6.7/10

The Nest
2020
6.1/10

Disgrace
2008
6.2/10

Won't Back Down
2012
6.2/10

Poor Cow
1967
6.4/10

The Asphalt Jungle
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7.5/10

A Wrinkle in Time
2003
6.3/10

The River
1984
6.4/10

Jungleland
2020
6.4/10

The Carpetbaggers
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6.0/10

Gigi & Nate
2022
7.6/10

Salomé
2013
6.1/10

True Grit
1969
7.3/10

Eleanor the Great
2025
6.8/10
About a Boy
2002
6.7/10