THEME EXPLORATION

Prophecy and fate

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Edipo re
Edipo re
1967 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Julien Duvivier
Knowing
Knowing
2009 · Alex Proyas
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films obsessively explore predetermined doom and characters trapped by cyclical fate, particularly in The Fountain and Black Swan.

 Terrence Malick USA

His metaphysical cinema constantly grapples with destiny, divine will, and humanity's relationship to fate across spanning narratives.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His work systematically deconstructs free will and inevitability, presenting protagonists whose destinies feel inescapable and prophetically predetermined.