THEME EXPLORATION

alternate reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Inception
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stewart Raffill

Raffill crafts imaginative sci-fi narratives exploring technological mysteries and government secrets.

 David Lynch United States

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead systematically blur the boundaries between dream and reality, creating disorienting alternate narratives that question the nature of identity and existence.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His masterpieces Perfect Blue and Paprika explore fractured realities and the dissolution of boundaries between the real world and alternate dimensions of the mind with stunning visual precision.