THEME EXPLORATION

impossible journey

33 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Wrong Move
Wrong Move
1975 · Wim Wenders
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015 · J.J. Abrams
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Worldly Desires
Worldly Desires
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Gypsy
Gypsy
2011 · Rachel Leah Jones
Hajime no Ippo
Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
Colony
Colony
2026 · Yeon Sang-ho
Iron Lung
Iron Lung
2026 · Mark Fischbach
Alone Across the Pacific
Alone Across the Pacific
1963 · Kon Ichikawa
Mr. Monster
Mr. Monster
2026 · Simon Hung
E la Nave va
E la Nave va
1983 · Federico Fellini
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Jean Rouch
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
1975 · François Truffaut
O Lucky Man!
O Lucky Man!
1973 · Lindsay Anderson
París-Tombuctú
París-Tombuctú
1999 · Luis García Berlanga
The Crossing I
The Crossing I
2014 · John Woo
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · J. Lee Thompson
The Journey
The Journey
1995 · Abbas Kiarostami
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Uccellacci e uccellini
Uccellacci e uccellini
1966 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Peter Jackson
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · Harald Zwart
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
1998 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Our Century
Our Century
1983 · Artavazd Pelechian
Sin Dejar Huella
Sin Dejar Huella
2000 · María Novaro
The Dance of Reality
The Dance of Reality
2013 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical films like Stalker and Solaris explore metaphysical journeys through impossible spaces where the destination defies rational comprehension.

 David Lynch United States

His surrealist narratives in Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead trap characters in dreamlike journeys where reality and impossibility become indistinguishable.

 Gaspar Noé France

His experimental films like Irréversible and Enter the Void structure journeys in reverse or through impossible dimensions, challenging linear narrative itself.