THEME EXPLORATION

time-travel

12 films · 3 directors

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer

Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson

Time Trap
2014 · Michael Shanks

Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song

Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo

Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis

Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien

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
2005 · Peter Greenaway

Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Masterfully weaves complex temporal narratives through films like Memento, Interstellar, and Tenet that challenge linear perception of time.

Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Philosophically explores time's flow and human consciousness in Mirror and Stalker, treating temporal experience as a spiritual journey rather than mechanical plot device.

Terry Gilliam United States/United Kingdom

Blends surrealism with time-travel in 12 Monkeys and The Fisher King to examine how past traumas shape present reality and personal identity.