THEME EXPLORATION

alternate timelines

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

Explores branching timelines and parallel realities through quantum mechanics in Arrival and explores time's manipulation across narratives.

 Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Repeatedly examines alternate timelines, temporal manipulation, and split realities in films like Interstellar, Tenet, and The Prestige.

 Richard Linklater United States

Philosophically explores how different choices create divergent life paths, particularly in his Before trilogy and A Scanner Darkly.