THEME EXPLORATION

chance encounter

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
I Am the Other Woman
I Am the Other Woman
2006 · Margarethe von Trotta
Vendredi soir
Vendredi soir
2002 · Claire Denis
11 Minutes
11 Minutes
2015 · Jerzy Skolimowski
5×2
5×2
2004 · François Ozon
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise
1995 · Richard Linklater
April Fish
April Fish
1986 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Okichi, Mistress of a Foreigner
Okichi, Mistress of a Foreigner
1930 · Kenji Mizoguchi
So Near, Yet So Far
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 · D.W. Griffith
To the Public Danger
To the Public Danger
1948 · Terence Fisher
I Love You
I Love You
1968 · Antonio Margheriti
Menja d’amor
Menja d’amor
2002 · Ventura Pons
Shack and puppets
Shack and puppets
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
Our Fault
Our Fault
2025 · Domingo González
Father's Lion
Father's Lion
1952 · Jack Kinney
No. 10
No. 10
2021 · Alex van Warmerdam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' are built entirely around serendipitous meetings and the bittersweet beauty of timing in human connection.

 Richard Curtis United States

The 'Before' trilogy explores how a chance train meeting between two strangers unfolds across decades, making contingency central to love and fate.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His 'Three Colors' trilogy and 'Dekalog' repeatedly examine how small coincidences and random encounters reshape lives in profound and interconnected ways.