THEME EXPLORATION

time and temporality

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Time Piece
Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cronos
Cronos
1993 · Guillermo del Toro
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Jia Zhangke
That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach
1983 · Edward Yang
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson
Silent Friend
Silent Friend
2026 · Ildikó Enyedi
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
2026 · Benjamin Mousquet
Predestination
Predestination
2014 · Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 · Simon West
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Alfonso Cuarón
Erosion
Erosion
1971 · Peter Greenaway
Embryo Larva Butterfly
Embryo Larva Butterfly
2023 · Kyros Papavassiliou
Windless
Windless
2024 · Pavel G. Vesnakov
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
1998 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Spierig Germany

Genre-blending auteurs who explore existential dread through inventive, time-bending narratives.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films use long takes and meditative pacing to make viewers experience duration itself as a profound exploration of memory, mortality, and spiritual time.

 Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

He systematically deconstructs linear narrative through non-chronological editing and explores how time functions as both a structure and an obsession in human consciousness.