THEME EXPLORATION

fortune and fate

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
What the Daisy Said
What the Daisy Said
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Just My Luck
Just My Luck
2006 · Donald Petrie
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Man in Search of His Murderer
The Man in Search of His Murderer
1931 · Robert Siodmak
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
Ringu
Ringu
1998 · Hideo Nakata
All the Good Eyes
All the Good Eyes
2026 · Zhi Zheng
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026 · Gore Verbinski
KD – The Devil
KD – The Devil
2026 · Prem
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
OMG! Oh My Girl
OMG! Oh My Girl
2026 · Thitipong Kerdtongtawee
5×2
5×2
2004 · François Ozon
Edipo re
Edipo re
1967 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
From Riches to Rags
From Riches to Rags
1980 · John Woo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Peter Jackson
And Then There Was Love...
And Then There Was Love...
2022 · Šimon Holý
Ramona
Ramona
2022 · Andrea Bagney
Jimmy Jaguár
Jimmy Jaguár
2025 · Benedek Fliegauf
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Baz Luhrmann
Bugambilia
Bugambilia
1945 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Areso kai kykloforo
Areso kai kykloforo
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Rashomon' and 'Ikiru' explore how fate and human agency intersect, questioning whether events are predetermined or shaped by individual choices and perspective.

 Coen Brothers Belgium

Their neorealist works examine how economic circumstances and chance encounters determine characters' destinies, blending social critique with intimate explorations of fate's role in ordinary lives.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' treat chance meetings and missed connections as manifestations of fate, with fortune hanging on split-second decisions.