THEME EXPLORATION

alternate timeline

13 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Pete Docter
Backrooms
Backrooms
2026 · Kane Parsons
Silent Hill
Silent Hill
2006 · Christophe Gans
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 · Stephen Norrington
Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir
Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir
2023 · Thomas Astruc
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Makoto Shinkai
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
2016 · Castille Landon
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 · Takashi Yamazaki
No Smoking
No Smoking
1993 · Alain Resnais
Quest for Love
Quest for Love
1971 · Ralph Thomas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His meticulous exploration of time, causality, and parallel realities in films like 'Arrival' and 'Blade Runner 2049' examines how different timelines and perceptions reshape human understanding.

 Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

His filmography consistently interrogates alternate timelines and branching realities through complex narratives in 'The Prestige,' 'Interstellar,' and 'Tenet.'

 Ari Aster United States

His psychological horror films like 'Midsommar' and 'Hereditary' deconstruct reality and alternate versions of events through fractured perspective and tragic inevitability.