protagonist with foreknowledge

Repeatedly explores characters with advance knowledge of events through non-linear narratives and time manipulation in films like Memento, Inception, and Tenet.

Examines protagonists burdened by foreknowledge in Arrival and Dune, where characters must act despite knowing predetermined or future consequences.

Crafts horror narratives where protagonists gradually gain terrible foreknowledge, culminating in inevitable fates in Hereditary and Midsommar.