THEME EXPLORATION

destiny and heritage

35 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Cecil B. DeMille
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
2026 · Morio Asaka
The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules
2014 · Renny Harlin
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950 · Anthony Mann
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
2024 · Zhou Liya
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026 · Gore Verbinski
Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe
2026 · Travis Knight
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
2008 · Olivier Assayas
OMG! Oh My Girl
OMG! Oh My Girl
2026 · Thitipong Kerdtongtawee
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Edipo re
Edipo re
1967 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Corsican Brothers
Corsican Brothers
1939 · Robert Siodmak
Fast Hands
Fast Hands
1976 · Alan Clarke
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Julien Duvivier
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Peter Jackson
The Ordinaries
The Ordinaries
2022 · Sophie Linnenbaum
And Then There Was Love...
And Then There Was Love...
2022 · Šimon Holý
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Bugambilia
Bugambilia
1945 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
1983 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Camelia
Camelia
1953 · Roberto Gavaldón
Le Porte del Silenzio
Le Porte del Silenzio
1991 · Lucio Fulci
Morir (o no
Morir (o no
2000 · Ventura Pons
Moana 2
Moana 2
2024 · David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick USA

His films explore fate, spiritual destiny, and humanity's place within cosmic and familial inheritance through poetic visual meditation.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He examines how family bonds, inherited trauma, and social destiny shape individual lives across generations in deeply humanistic narratives.

 Andrei Tarkovsky USSR/Russia

His metaphysical cinema interrogates destiny, memory, and cultural heritage through time and consciousness as central philosophical concerns.