THEME EXPLORATION

time travel paradox

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

They Caught the Ferry

They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer

Predestination
2014 · Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig

Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys
2015 · Alan Taylor

Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson

Embryo Larva Butterfly

Embryo Larva Butterfly
2023 · Kyros Papavassiliou

Time Trap
2014 · Michael Shanks

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.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai

Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway

Syndromes and a Century

Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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
2026 · Ildikó Enyedi

Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog

Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
2026 · Benjamin Mousquet

Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami

“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

The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun

The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun
2018 · Peter Jackson

Windless
2024 · Pavel G. Vesnakov

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Explores temporal paradoxes and non-linear causality through films like Primer, Interstellar, and Tenet that challenge viewers' understanding of time.

Mark Steven Johnson United States

Masterfully examines time travel paradoxes in Looper, where past and future collide with devastating consequences and moral ambiguity.

Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Philosophically deconstructs time's nature and human perception of temporality in Mirror and Stalker, questioning reality and memory itself.