THEME EXPLORATION

time travel and historical connection

37 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Silent Friend
Silent Friend
2026 · Ildikó Enyedi
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
1919 · Frank Borzage
Corsican Brothers
Corsican Brothers
1939 · Robert Siodmak
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 · Rob Minkoff
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll
2024 · Ivana Gloria
Days
Days
2021 · Tsai Ming-liang
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
2011 · Lav Diaz
Just Another Pandora's Box
Just Another Pandora's Box
2010 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
The House in the Square
The House in the Square
1951 · Roy Ward Baker
Time Trap
Time Trap
2014 · Michael Shanks
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 · Nancy Meyers
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1991 · Wong Kar-wai
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · Sergei Eisenstein
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox
2013 · Ritesh Batra
The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past
2002 · Aki Kaurismäki
Attenberg
Attenberg
2010 · Athina Rachel Tsangari
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Dimensions of Dialogue
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983 · Jan Švankmajer
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Streetheart
Streetheart
1998 · Charles Binamé
Winter Flies
Winter Flies
2018 · Olmo Omerzu
Yana's Friends
Yana's Friends
1999 · Arik Kaplun
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

His films like Inception, Interstellar, and Tenet explore non-linear time, temporal paradoxes, and the human struggle against the constraints of time itself.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His philosophical works such as Stalker and Mirror treat time as a poetic medium to examine memory, history, and humanity's relationship with past and future.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Arrival and Dune explore how perception of time shapes destiny and human connection across temporal and linguistic boundaries, grounded in profound historical and existential themes.