THEME EXPLORATION

time manipulation

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Time Piece
Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson
Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future
Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future
2013 · Naoyuki Ito
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
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
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden
2016 · Park Chan-wook
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Captive
Captive
2008 · Gus Alvarez
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Jia Zhangke
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Alfred Hitchcock
That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach
1983 · Edward Yang
Affection
Affection
2026 · BT Meza
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
2026 · Benjamin Mousquet
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson
Mexico 86
Mexico 86
2026 · Gabriel Ripstein
Over Your Dead Body
Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Jorma Taccone
Vertigo
Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
April Mullen Canada

Bold genre experimenter who blends horror, dark humor, and technical innovation.

 Peter Spierig Germany

Audacious genre-bending filmmakers who weaponize speculative concepts to interrogate mortality and identity.

 Richard Kelly USA

Constructs elaborate temporal puzzles exploring fractured minds within doomed suburban landscapes.